smothered mate

English

The end result of Philidor's Mate: 1. Qg8+ Rxg8 2. Nh6f7#

Alternative forms

• smother mate

Noun

smothered mate (plural smothered mates)

1. (chess) A checkmate, delivered by a knight, in which the mated king is unable to move because he is surrounded (or smothered) by his own pieces.

Translations

Translations

• Esperanto: sufokmato (eo)
• Finnish: pussimatti (fi)
• German: Erstickungsmatt n, ersticktes Matt (de) n, Stickmatt n
• Romanian: please add this translation if you can
• Swedish: kvävmatt (sv) c

Further reading

• smothered mate on Wikipedia.Wikipedia