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CheckMate Patterns- Part 1 - Rook Mates

CheckMate Patterns- Part 1 - Rook Mates

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Welcome to my blog,this time it is a different one ,In this we will see some checkmate patterns. In this series there will be three blogs- first one rook mates ,second one minor piece and pawn mates and third one queen mates.So Let's start.

                Checkmate patterns are most important things, not only they will help you to win a won game or an endgame , they will also help you to swindle your opponent. Without knowledge of these patterns there is no sense of learning good opening.

         Rook Mates

1.Box Mate- This is one of the basic checkmate, in this mate a rook and a king work together . It generally occurs in an endgame.

 

2.BackRank Mate- Well this is easiest checkmate pattern but should not be neglected, even Yeisser Seirwan and Bobby Fischer  did not forget about this checkmate to be featured in their book.

This is the way to checkmate in this ,remember that instead of a rook a queen can also do the same.
A puzzle related to backrank mate -

3.Lawn Mover Mate                  A basic mate we all learn at first. Nothing to explain much, a simple puzzle to give an intro of mate.

4. Opera Mate -                     A mate discovered in an exhibition match between Paul Morphy and Duke Carl/Count Isouard  .A rook delivers checkmate supported by a bishop. Morphy's popular game on that -

                         

5.Arabian Mate - In the Arabian mate, the knight and the rook team up to trap the opposing king on a corner of the board. The rook sits on a square adjacent to the king both to prevent escape .It is also said that this is the oldest checkmate pattern,

6.Anastasia Mate- One of the best checkmate you will see with a rook and a knight, in this checkmate the knight blocks king's way to escape, so it can be said that knight is our watchman and the rook who delivers checkmate can be considered a killer.
                          
This checkmate often starts with a sacrifice, let's see if you can spot it in the  puzzle:
7.Blind Swine Mate -                    Here  comes my favorite pattern the blind swine pattern , In this two rooks checkmate the king, the king is generally blocked by it's own piece which stops it's escape.
According to this article on chesskid.com, this checkmate pattern got its name from David Janowski, a Polish grandmaster who referred to a pair of rooks on the seventh rank that could not find a mate as “blind swine”, implying that they should be able to find mate.
An interesting article by chessbase, also adds ‘Nimzowitsch called a pair of rooks on the opponent’s second rank “blind pigs” because they devour everything indiscriminately.’

8.Morphy's Mate  - One of most important mate with rook and bishop,

From this discussion on a chess.com forum, you will notice that there is a fair amount of confusion about Morphy’s Mate. There are mainly 2 reasons for this confusion:

  1. The checkmate never actually happened in the game it was named after and
  2. Paul Morphy was better known for other checkmate patterns, such as the Opera Mate (which coincidentally is also a rook and bishop checkmate pattern).
9.Grecko'mate - This is also a rook and bishop mate same as Morphy's mate , only difference is position of opponent's pawn.
                                                   
Grecko's mate
10.PillsBury mate-       Last but not the least, this is also a rook and bishop mate , In this the bishop covers a diagonal ,the rook gives a check and opponent's own pieces prevent him to escape .
Well a puzzle for this mate -
So this was part 1 of the series please comment below your views and an important information -
DEAR READER, YOU ARE EXPECTED INSTANTLY TO RECOGNIZE THE PATTERN .FAILURE TO DO SO WILL BE MET WITH AUTHOR EXASPERATION AND SELF-DOUBT. PLEASE!DO NOT FAIL .
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