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heracrossx
Everyone likes a pretty mate or two, so share with us some eye-pleasing mates. Here's one recent one:
One of those perfect mates in the center of the board.
NM OmarCayenne
I've always liked this one:
(Don't think it's ever actually happened in one of my games though.)
dwaxe
Certainly this:
peldan
Sooner or later this thread will be filled with pictures of pretty women, methinks :)
But to stick to the subject, I like the 'arab mate' with Knight on...f3 and rook on either g1 or h2, mating a lone king on h1
From dictionary.com:
1 /meɪt/ Show Spelled Pronunciation [meyt]noun, verb, mat⋅ed, mat⋅ing. –noun
husband or wife; spouse.
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