What is this Mate Called

smothered mate :)

As Vinedrinker says, it's a smothered mate. I think this particular one is sometimes called Philidor's Mate, or Philidor's Legacy.

welcome to earth.

I'm not sure, but is this also a venus fly trap mating net, resulting in a smothered mate?

This is a smothered mate

Thanks lads, I thought it was a smothered mate but that it had a particular name like some mates such as Lollis mate or arabian mate.

Yep, smothered mate or Philidor's legacy, first featured in a book by Lucena in 1497!

It is called a smothered mate, or, if you please, Plilidor's legacy

The scolar's mate is quite simaliar in some ways:

Uhh...not at all.

here is a really longmate

smoothered mate