really like the alternative solution.

Thanks for this beautiful thought ;-)

I like this kind of checkmate!

can i see the actual game here? nice puzzle!!

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Unless i m wrong, this is a synthesis of Huan Ramirez Lucena dated back to 1497. Then, it was one of the most advanced ideas in chess, achieving the "etouffe checkmate". I think it would be polite to mention this information as a tribute to a legendary Spanish player of the romantic period of chess. Plus a good history lesson. Chess is not only calculation but also education.

vvv cool

I think it's just because the smothered is prettier :D

I liked it!

this is a very easy puzzle

I saw Yeewassup's mate in 5.  But I learned about "smother" mates.  Thanks.

nice one

Smother Mate rules

jokes

Stalemate77 knows he has played on chess.com for a while when he can do the trapped king-kinght mate!

josh waitzkin 101 ;) Nice concept!

Smother mates. They are straight up nasty! IMO one of the worst way to lose a game. 

Elegant.

Beautiful - Those last two move are classic!

This was one of those where I didn't see the whole sequence from the beginning, but the right move was pretty clear at each step.

Cunning!