What's this checkmate called?

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Avatar of zxb995511

looks like a smothered to me.

Avatar of trysts

Petrosian called it "Oops!", in 1962.

Avatar of aj415

looks kind of like the blackburne (i believe thats what its called) gambit

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Avatar of rogerdale_1

where did you get my last game as white?

Avatar of bigmit37

Wow. This looks pretty clever especially for a blitz game.

Avatar of jamessaul

You're not thinking of Phildor are you? Thats the only thing that springs to mind with smotherd mate. Either way good game and great mate.

Avatar of ElectricEel

Yeah, it looks like the schematic of the Blackburne Shilling Gambit to me. Supposedly Blackburne offered games to amateurs, at stakes of a Shilling, and would proceed to win by this wily if dubious Gambit. This is just chess legend, and I doubt if it is true.

Avatar of PrawnEatsPrawn

It's very similar to the Costage Trap.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wc0O2QjSrg

Avatar of Dragec

Yes, definitely Blackburne pattern, did you aim for it or it just happened ?

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_Game,_Blackburne_Shilling_Gambit