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What is the name of this mating motif?
Anyone know the name of this motif? I have seen it several times, but never knew the name. Source Polgar 5334 problems.
Can one classify this as a Legal's trap motif due to the famous Queen sacrifice(...
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Is there a name for this mating pattern?
What's the name of the mating pattern starting with the move 21...Ng4!?
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1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. d5 e6 4. e4 exd5 5. exd5 d6 6. Nf3 Be7 7. Bb5+ Nbd7 8. a4 O-O 9. O-O b6 10. Bc6 Rb8 ...
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Term for checkmate where every participating piece attacks exactly one square around king
I am looking for the term for a checkmate position which is an aesthetic feature for a chess composition. It is closely related to pure mate. I shall say that a piece (incl. pawn) participates in the ...
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Where does the expression "checkmate" come from?
While watching The Queen's Gambit my partner asked me: why do they say "checkmate"? But she wanted to know what is the origin of this expression, not its meaning. And I realized I didn't ...
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Is there a name attributed to this type of checkmate pattern?
I was going over an old lichess.com game when I realized that the checkmating pattern seemed familiar.
[FEN "5rk1/p4pp1/1p5p/2p4Q/2P3R1/P4q2/6RP/4r2K w - - 0 1"]
Here it is boiled down, ...
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What is a pure checkmate?
Recently I heard something about pure checkmate. This is a special kind of checkmate where each of the squares around the king has to be covered by just one single piece. One simple example of this ...
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Does this knight and rook mating pattern have a name, or has it occurred before?
[fen "5k2/8/1R6/5r2/P7/1P4P1/6KP/5n2 b - - 0 40"]
With black to move, remarkably it's mate in 2 (at first glance, it looks like black may struggle to even draw). It occurred in a recent LiChess game ...
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What should be defined as an en passant checkmate?
Is there a general consensus among composers, players, and/or organizations for what exactly defines an en passant checkmate, and is there any history to it?
As far as I know, there are two ...
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What is the name of this mating pattern?
Recently I delivered the mate shown below. Does it have a name?
[fen "1r5r/2p3pp/2R5/1pkPpp2/2b1P3/2K2P2/6PP/R7 w - - 0 1"]
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