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    several checkmate patterns occur frequently enough to have acquired specific names in chess commentary. By definition, a checkmate pattern is a...
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    Checkmate (often shortened to mate) is any game position in chess and other chess-like games in which a player's king is in check (threatened with capture)...
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  • bishop and knight checkmate is the checkmate of a lone king by an opposing king, bishop, and knight. With the stronger side to move, checkmate can be forced...
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  • scholar's mate is the checkmate achieved by the following moves, or similar: 1. e4 e5 2. Qh5 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6?? 4. Qxf7# The same mating pattern may be reached...
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  • algebraic notation to describe chess moves. In chess, fool's mate is the checkmate delivered after the fewest possible moves from the game's starting position...
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    Boden's Mate (category Chess checkmates)
    Boden's Mate is a checkmating pattern in chess characterized by bishops on two criss-crossing diagonals (for example, bishops on a6 and f4 delivering...
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  • results in defeat. Checkmate or Checkmates may also refer to: Checkmate (comics), the title of two series published by DC Comics Checkmate (play), an 1869...
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    the expected move to gain an advantage. Checkmate pattern – a particular checkmate. Some checkmate patterns occur sufficiently frequently, or are otherwise...
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  • Légal Trap (category Chess checkmates)
    [citation needed] A mating pattern where a pinned knight moves, allowing the capture of the player's queen but leading to a checkmate with three minor pieces...
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    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)...
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  • Mating pattern may refer to: Checkmate pattern, a game-winning arrangement of chess pieces Mating system, sexual reproductive behavior within a group...
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  • Mate, named for Samuel Boden, is a checkmate pattern in which the king, usually having castled queenside, is checkmated by two crisscrossing bishops. Immediately...
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    Shogi (section Checkmate)
    mutual draw by agreement. Checkmate by Black ☖ pieces in hand: – ☗ pieces in hand: – The most common basic checkmating patterns involve golds. This mating...
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  • Born in Nonantola, Modena, he was one of the Modenese Masters. The checkmate pattern "Lolli's mate" involves infiltrating an opponent's fianchetto position...
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    Transposition Trap Tactics Artificial castling Battery Alekhine's gun Block Checkmate patterns Combination Decoy Deflection Desperado Discovered attack Double check...
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    same kind as in tournament games: everything is simple, follows a single pattern, logical, and without any spectacular effects. He makes his moves quickly...
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    Variation, Greco Variation: 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e4 b5 Greco's mate is a checkmate pattern that occurs when a bishop (or queen) blocks the escape of a king on...
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  • Tablebases". Retrieved 2023-12-30. "What is the longest known 7-piece checkmate?". Chess Stack Exchange. Retrieved 2023-06-14. "Probe". tb7.chessok.com...
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    gameplay. Although Kieseritzsky himself indicated that the game ended before checkmate, the Immortal Game is frequently reproduced with a brief continuation...
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    decorative or artistic purposes rather than practical play, but the Staunton pattern is standard for competition. In play, the term is usually used to exclude...
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    is a draw since a checkmate is impossible. When a lone king faces a king and two knights, a checkmate can never be forced; checkmate can occur only if...
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  • find out how to achieve checkmate. It is similar to a mate-in-n chess problem. The term tsumi (詰み) means the state of checkmate itself. The verb form is...
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    moves in a distinct way. The object of the game is to checkmate the opponent's king; checkmate occurs when a king is threatened with capture and has no...
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  • Transposition Trap Tactics Artificial castling Battery Alekhine's gun Block Checkmate patterns Combination Decoy Deflection Desperado Discovered attack Double check...
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  • many lines open against their king after 2.Kf2, they might be quickly checkmated. One example: 1.f3 d5 2.Kf2 e5 (Black places two pawns in the centre to...
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  • Transposition Trap Tactics Artificial castling Battery Alekhine's gun Block Checkmate patterns Combination Decoy Deflection Desperado Discovered attack Double check...
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  • Transposition Trap Tactics Artificial castling Battery Alekhine's gun Block Checkmate patterns Combination Decoy Deflection Desperado Discovered attack Double check...
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  • Transposition Trap Tactics Artificial castling Battery Alekhine's gun Block Checkmate patterns Combination Decoy Deflection Desperado Discovered attack Double check...
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