The classic smothered mate is up there because it is just a lone Knight delivering checkmate and it is the opponent's own forces that box it their own King!
Minimalist Beauty.
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In regards the many ways to provide with a check mate, the most beautiful are the ones that take for granted the power behind a certain piece or pieces. When the art of surprise kicks in alongside with precision that can be found in the deepest secrets of logic's nature it turns out to be a magnificent spectacle and an example of the human's history when it has overcome the darkest troubles. Chess shows you to never give up and that each move is a prose that will for ever take a course of legitimate abstract beauty. The check mates with pawn or pawn and bishop teaming up to destroy the dreams of the opponent to win are one of the most harmonic. What is the favorite combination of minimalist check mates ?