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Checkmate of the Day

887 sats \ 15 comments \ @denlillaapan 6h Stacker_Sports

Yes yes, chess is barely a sport but I'm working hard in SN circles to get the SportStackers to think of it as such.

Anyway, here's a beautiful checkmate I made today!! Freakin' wonderful!! I screamed out in delight when I saw it

I was wondering if it had a name?

Grok says "knight-assisted checkmate," which makes no sense since it's the knight delivering the mate

Asking further, I get: Smothered mate

No exact named variation (e.g., Philidor's mate or Anastasia's mate) perfectly matches this exact piece placement, but the smothered mate is the closest established name.

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33 sats \ 1 reply \ @StillStackinAfterAllTheseYears 5h

Incidentally, today is World Chess Day, apparently (according to chess.com's daily puzzle).

21 sats \ 0 replies \ @denlillaapan OP 3h

Wooooaaah what!! Didn't know

218 sats \ 2 replies \ @Aardvark 5h

I'm pretty sure that's called the Philadelphia squeeze.

63 sats \ 1 reply \ @denlillaapan OP 5h

YEEEES!! and it isn't, from now on let it be forever known as the Philly squeeze

33 sats \ 0 replies \ @Aardvark 4h

Always come to me for sports facts. And yes, chess is a sport.

78 sats \ 1 reply \ @Dash_1971 4h

Would love to see more chess content here. Nice mate.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @denlillaapan OP 3h

I try, my friend. I try!

73 sats \ 1 reply \ @metkram 4h

Smothered mate appears when king is surrounded by other pieces or by edge of the board (no way to escape even through a backdoor) and all what can save him - is teleportation.

In your case I'd call it Don Quixote's mate.

btw, today is International Chess Day. Would you like to connect on chesscom? My nim metkram there too

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @denlillaapan OP 3h

I know, I know, that's why I hesitated calling it "smothered"

33 sats \ 1 reply \ @BlokchainB 4h

Took me a while to figure out what is going on then I saw it! Amazing

I used to play chess a lot but after losing all the time I stopped playing. Lost confidence and started to feel silly playing it. Especially when I lost to a high schooler hahah

89 sats \ 0 replies \ @denlillaapan OP 3h

used to play chess a lot but after losing all the time I stopped playing. Lost confidence and started to feel silly playing it

Naaah man, get back on that horse!!

19 sats \ 1 reply \ @TadiRetata 3h

That's a gorgeous checkmate, congratulations! That "click" moment when you see a pattern like that fall into place is one of the best feelings in chess.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @denlillaapan OP 3h

Totally

12 sats \ 0 replies \ @grayruby 3h

Nice job. I like chess. I am just not very good at it.

7 sats \ 0 replies \ @d680ecaa8e 3h

Spent hours in checkmate in some cases and even be back with back button and lose, sometimes you win