A checkmate (also known as "mate") occurs when a king is placed in check and has no legal moves to escape. When a checkmate happens, the game ends immediately, ...

Sep 17, 2021 · I've seen it before on a YouTube video. You probably haven't seen it because who plays f6.

Dec 13, 2023 · When you advance a pawn two spaces forward on its first move of the game and it lands on a square right next to your opponent's pawn, your ...

Nov 11, 2022 · For the traditional Arabian Mate, all that is needed is a rook and knight when the opponent's king is a corner of the chessboard. The knight ...

I played this game and checkmated a guy in 7 moves. I would like to know what mate I played. FLVS_Boy (1632) vs. JiriCzechll (1543).

Anastasia's Mate is a common checkmate pattern that happens in chess. This checkmate involves the knight and either a rook or a queen. It occurs when the enemy ...

There is no way I would be arrogant to think I was the first one to do it. This knight sacriface early mate must have a name. Please let me know.

It means that you left yourself open to a checkmate by playing a stupid move instead of defending the king. Ilampozhil25.

This is an open theory question because it is assumed that all optimal play will be a draw once chess is solved. Finding one line of mate in 20 doesnt prove its ...

Yes, that is a smothered mate, because black's own pieces are the ones blocking the king from moving away. apteryx. Nov 18, 2011.