mating patterns
DESCRIPTION
ChessTRANSCRIPT
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Typical Checkmates
Maruthy Pannala
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Anastasia Mate Knight on e7 Black pawn on g7 King on h8 or h7 Open h file (or can
be opened with a piece sacrifice)
Rook or Queen can transfer to the h file.
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Missing f Pawn f7 pawn is missing Bishop on a2-g8
diagonal King on h8 Open h file (or can
be opened with a piece sacrifice)
Rook or Queen can transfer to the h file.
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Arabian (Arab) Mate Knight on f6
(sometimes on h6 with pawn blocking h7)
King on h8 Rook able to go to
h7 or g8 to deliver mate.
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Hook Mate Pawn supports the
Knight & covers one escape square
Black pawn right above the Knight
Knight supports the Rook
Rook delivers the mate.
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Smothered (Knight) Mate King smothered by
his own pieces Knight delivers the
mate.
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Semi-smothered (Knight) Mate
King almost (semi) smothered by his pieces
Bishop covers other escape squares
Knight delivers the mate.
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Bishop & Knight Mate Bishop on the a1-h8
diagonal Missing pawn on g7 Knight reaches h6
to deliver mate. Usually happens
when Black does a fianchetto castle and his dark square Bishop is missing.
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Bodens (Crossfire) Mate King on the edge of
the board One Bishop covers
squares of one color near the King
Squares not attacked by the Bishops are occupied/attacked
Other Bishop delivers mate
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Open h file Pawn on g6 covers
escape squares (much like in Back Rank mate)
Queen delivers mate on h7
Sacrifices are sometimes involved to open the h file.
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Mate on the long diagonal King near the
corner with weak dark (light) squares
Bishop & Queen coordinate to deliver mate.
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Legals Mate Knights on c3 & d5 Bishop on the a2-g8
diagonal Black King is
blocked by his own pieces on d8 & f8
Bxf7 followed by Nd5 is checkmate
This is a common opening trap.
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Morphys Mate Bishop on the long
diagonal (a1-h8). Rook on the g file,
cutting the King off on the h file.
Pawn on the h7 square.