I don't recall it but it's almost like a back-rank mate.
Does this mate have a name?
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Dec 30, 2021
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#3
Thanks for looking! But Damiano's mate is fairly different. In that scenario, the Queen is right next to the opposite king. Such as this:
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What makes it really famous is a rook (or sometimes a double-rook) sacrifice to lead up to it. For those who haven't seen it, check this out!
Part of what makes this famous is that Damiano published something like this in 1512 (!)
Dec 30, 2021
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#5
No, Sholom, I'm pretty good at these patterns, it has no name. I call these things "Radiation Mate, but it's usually like this
It's like the white queen emits a radiation that's preventing the black king from escaping. (I was an Electric Engineering student.. modern physics never hurt anyone)
Just curious -- not that it matters -- does this kind of mate (which actually occurred in a blitz game of mine) have a name? (I moved my queen from f5 to c8#)