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ClavierCavalier

Does this checkmate have a special name, or is it just a back rank mate?

A friend of mine once said that after 2... Rf8 3. Bxg8 Rxe8, black's rook had free range to harrass white's king.  :-p

piphilologist

looks like a type of back rank mate. I don't think the specific pattern with a pinned rook has a name.

Cuffley

I agree with Borg Santa.  I just checked my Silman Complete Book of Chess Strategy, which lists fourteen "named" mates, but didn't see that one.  What your position/mate is closest to is "Morphy's Mate," but that involves a direct check from the bishop on the a2-g7 diagonal.

If it hasn't been named yet, maybe you can name it.  Something catchy, like the "Prelate Piledriver" perhaps...

Cheers,

Becky

Spielkalb

Call it a "Clever Cavalier's Mate". Cool

Spielkalb

"Cavalier's Mate" sounds acceptable as well. But not with the sign "?!" for a dubious move. Wink

ClavierCavalier

Well, seeing how it's an old, common checkmate, Cavalier's Mate doesn't work.  Another problem is the lack of a knight!

ClavierCavalier

Won't argue.  I know better than to resist.

ClavierCavalier

It is a forced mate, so I can dig the name.