Basic Mating Pattern: Smothered Mate

This problem shows that a mate defies all material considerations. You can be down a queen and two rooks and still mate your opponent with a lone pawn or knight.

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In chess, assuming that both black and white play perfectly, is

Smothered Mate Examples

Smothered mate in 7 moves, but the accuracy is really low. Can

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