I was was reading an article (http://www.chess.com/article/view/just-for-fun) and it made me think of a game i played in a school tournement. I won with just a knight, i honestly don't remember where all my pieces where but i remember the jist of it.

I know it seems silly and suspicious but it did happen

A smothered mate?  Yes, I have.

One that comes to mind is the relatively well known combination by Pillsbury executed during a blindfold simul (!) of 22 players.

Taken from my Reinfeld book, a very nice mate in 3:

Sweet puzzle. :)

totally, though i kinda forgot it was called smothered mate

It is kinda hard to imagine how black could ever get into that position....

Of course, all back rank mates are one piece mates...

i think he was like, 12-13 i dunno though i was still bouncy all day

i know of scholars mate, or was it fools mate? oh well

Wow, if that actually happened, I'm really wondering how that poor kid felt!

Yeah although I haven't actually delivered the classic smothered mate ( black king on h8, pawns on g7 h7, rook on f8, white knight on h6. White queen plays Qg8+ forcing ...Rxg8 then Nf7 mating the trapped king) but I have won games using the threat of using it.

I can't remember any other times where I mated with a single piece, in fact I'm pretty sure I have (not that it would be fancy or anything), just can't remember a specific time right now.