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Smothered Mate?

Submitted by themonsteriam on Sun, 10/04/2009 at 10:17pm.

Damn. I must have encountered this mate about a billion times on Tactics Trainer and I didn't get to finish it out! Oh well, it was a good game (even though I made mistakes and a blunder, I think). What is this mate officially called? Everyone seems to call it a smothered mate, but I wonder if it has an official name. Anyone?

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by themonsteriam - 55 days ago
New York City United States

Member Since: May 2008
Member Points: 193

I guess I should have Googled it first. Thanks, guys!

by unita_logica - 55 days ago
Italy

Member Since: May 2009
Member Points: 3

there's also a wikipedia page:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smothered_mate

by Interrobang - 55 days ago
Taipei Taiwan

Member Since: Mar 2008
Member Points: 394

That is its official name. "Smothered" is what we call any mate delivered by a knight in which the king has no escape square.

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