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shengyi
Concept of Smothered Mate
Sarat_Maharjan
Just loved it...
PawnInTheGame
the oldest trick in the book!
Dramaticpiece
Nothing like discovery checks
I think it was originally named Lucena's Mate. correct me if am wrong
theredknight17
usually these puzzles are well thought out, but i seem to see another mate in 5, is there anything wrong with:
not saying that this puzzle isn't well thought out
Yeah, I saw the same thing
islamaaah
done
MoTs-sama
that is so smart!...nice puzzle. :)
winston_d
SO SO EASY
GONTOMAR
to yeewassup if 3 ... Kf8 then Qf7# any way...
chess10109
Smothered mate! Please tell me if I spelled "Smothered" right or wrong. Thank you.
archmage81
that was classic, I first saw that mating scheme in a book by Yasser Seirawan written back in the 1990's
biat
smothered mate
h3lo123
Morris_W3
Who was the sicko that came up with this?! I LOVE IT!!!
dennisfchen
its philidor's mate
ricker23
Routine but I loved it anyway! Keep the King busy is a better title.
Goldname
i agree with yeewassup
Proud_To_Be_Persian
Teamwork!!!!!!!!!!!! I love it
moved
Sometimes, there's a lot of ways to checkmate the king in a puzzle. But if you make your own puzzle in this site, you can't make two possible moves in one turn.
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