Mating pattern you should know at 500+
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PLAYBADGAME09 wrote:
It's the smothered mate right
Yeah
Aug 4, 2025
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#6
But in the rare case you do get smothered mate your opponent always annoyingly resigns.
Aug 4, 2025
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#7
But smothered mate is very rare in a beginner's game ladder mate is more occasional
Aug 4, 2025
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#8
im a 700 and i have never seen smothered mate be4
it's rare
Aug 4, 2025
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#10
I’ve done it.
[Event "?"]
[Site "Chess.com iPhone"]
[Date "2025.07.28"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Josh11live"]
[Black "S_U_P_R_E_M_E_438"]
[Result "1-0"]
[FEN "rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNBQKBNR w KQkq - 0 1"]
[WhiteElo "1082"]
[BlackElo "1432"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. cxd4 Bb4+ 7. Nc3 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 Na5 9. Bb3 Nxb3 10. Qxb3 Nxe4 11. O-O O-O 12. Re1 Re8 13. Ne5 d6 14. Nxf7 Qe7 15. Nh6+ Kh8 16. Rxe4 Qxe4 17. Qg8+ Rxg8 18. Nf7# {1-0}
[Event "?"]
[Site "Chess.com iPhone"]
[Date "2025.07.28"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Josh11live"]
[Black "S_U_P_R_E_M_E_438"]
[Result "1-0"]
[FEN "rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNBQKBNR w KQkq - 0 1"]
[WhiteElo "1082"]
[BlackElo "1432"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. cxd4 Bb4+ 7. Nc3 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 Na5 9. Bb3 Nxb3 10. Qxb3 Nxe4 11. O-O O-O 12. Re1 Re8 13. Ne5 d6 14. Nxf7 Qe7 15. Nh6+ Kh8 16. Rxe4 Qxe4 17. Qg8+ Rxg8 18. Nf7# {1-0}
Aug 4, 2025
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#12
Thanks for showing this, the opportunity probably occurs more often than players realize.
Aug 4, 2025
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#13
Nope throughout my whole life of playing chess for 3 years this is the only time I got to do it outside of a puzzles. It appears every 3 years I guess.
Josh11live wrote:
Nope. Only at 1200. make it accurate, no one needs to know this at 600,
SHOULD. not NEED TO, should. Also why?!?!
heavenlydevil23 wrote:
But smothered mate is very rare in a beginner's game ladder mate is more occasional
True, i guess.