The Double Bishop Sacrifice

Now That You're in The Mood To Sacrifice:  Double Bishop Sacrifice...by Ms. Jessica Martin (aka BoundingOwl)

Sacrificing is fun!  If you are a very attacking, aggressive chess player, it can lead to some quick checkmates. 
Who needs bishoppers if you have open files for rooks and queens?

Here is what I mean:

 

Notice how you completely destroy the king's castle!  If you are going to give up all your bishops though, you had better have checkmate soon!  Now that you have two open files, what's next?  Your queen is on one, what about the h file?

That's called a rook lift.  Lift means elevator in British English.  So the rook hops onto the elevator, gets out on the third floor, delivers checkmate.

 

The 2nd World Champion, Emanuel Lasker, played the double bee sac in a genius game against a chessplayer named Bauer in 1889.  (That's over 100 years ago.  Neither of us was alive.  Honest.)

 

Lasker used a fork to finish off his opponent.  If you are down material against World Champion Lasker, you may as well tip your king!

Now you try one:

 

 

Excellent! 

For this mate you need:

1.  Two bishops you are willing to say goodbye to, aiming at the king.

2.  A queen able to get to the h-file fast.

3.  A rook that can fly to the open files.

Get it?  Got it?  Good!  Go help your family make dinner!