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A smothered mate is a checkmate delivered by a knight in which the mated king is unable to move because it is surrounded (or smothered) by its own pieces. [49] The mate is usually seen in a corner of the board, since fewer pieces are needed to surround the king there. The most common form of smothered mate is seen in the adjacent diagram.
The epaulette mate is, in its broadest definition, a checkmate where two parallel retreat squares for a checked king are occupied by its own pieces, preventing its escape. [12] The most common epaulette mate involves the king on its back rank , trapped between two rooks. [ 13 ]
Scholar's mate was named and described in The Royall Game of Chesse-Play, a 1656 text by Francis Beale which adapted the work of the early chess writer Gioachino Greco. [1] The example given above is an adaptation of that reported by Beale.
The mate is an illustration of the kingside weakness shared by both players along the f- and g-files during the opening phase of the game. A player may also suffer an early checkmate if the f- and g-pawns are advanced prematurely and the kingside is not properly defended, as shown in historical miniature games recorded in chess literature.
Fool's mate Fool's mate The shortest possible chess game ending in mate: 1.f3 e5 2.g4 Qh4# (or minor variations on this). [176] forced mate A sequence of two or more moves culminating in checkmate that the opponent cannot prevent. [177] forced move A move that is the only one to not result in a serious disadvantage for the moving player.
Pure mate is one of a few terms used by composers to describe the properties of a checkmate position; related concepts include economical mate, model mate, and ideal mate. An economical mate is a position such that all of the attacker's pieces [ a ] contribute to the checkmate, with the (optional) exception of the king and the pawns.
In chess, an ideal mate is a checkmate position that is a special form of model mate.While in a model mate, each piece on the mating player's side (possibly excluding the king and pawns depending on context) participates in the mate, an ideal mate involves all the pieces of the mated player's as well, typically by blocking the mated king's field of movement so that it cannot escape.
In chess, a smothered mate is a checkmate delivered by a knight in which the mated king is unable to move because it is completely surrounded (or smothered) by its own pieces, which a knight can jump over. The mate is usually seen in a corner of the board, since only three pieces are needed to surround the king there, less than anywhere else.