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Smothered mate
Smothered mate Smoth"ered mate (Chess) Checkmate given when movement of the king is completely obstructed by his own men.

Meaning of Smothered mate from wikipedia

- that makes a smothered mate possible. Philidor's mate, also known as Philidor's legacy, is a checkmating pattern that ends in smothered mate. This method...
- .e5.) 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...
- The mate is delivered by the rook along the edge rank or file, and escape towards the centre of the board is blocked by the king. Smothered mate is a...
- blocked the king from making any move, the black knight delivers a smothered mate by 23... Nf2#. A Philidor sacrifice, recommended and practiced by Philidor...
- film Smother (album), a 2011 album by Wild Beasts Smothered (film), a 2016 film by John Schneider sMothered, a 2019 American reality series "Smothered" (song)...
- endgame (queen versus rook) position Philidor's mate, a checkmating pattern that ends in smothered mate François-André Danican Philidor This disambiguation...
- a hopeless game. 18.Bxe6? would have been even worse, leading to a smothered mate with 18...Qb5+ 19.Kg1 Ne2+ 20.Kf1 Ng3+ 21.Kg1 Qf1+! 22.Rxf1 Ne2#. 18...
- his book. (It was first published in 1634 by Alessandro Salvio.) The smothered mate (later named Philidor's legacy) is in the book. (it) Article by Daniele...
- A chess game on Lichess that ended in a smothered mate...
- sacrifice in order to secure mate following White's forced move. When mate is given, it is a smothered mate, in which the mated king is unable to move because...