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Smothered Mate / Philidor's Legacy - Chess Checkmate Patterns

It's time for everyone's favorite mate, the Smothered Mate! Reset the counter!! In chess, a smothered mate is a checkmate delivered by a knight in which the mated king is unable to move because he is surrounded (or smothered) by his own pieces. The mate is usually seen in a corner of the board since fewer pieces are needed to surround the king there. The most common form of smothered mate is seen in the adjacent diagram. The knight on f7 delivers mate to the king on h8 which is prevented from escaping the check by the rook on g8 and the pawns on g7 and h7. Similarly, White can be mated with the white king on h1 and the knight on f2. Analogous mates on a1 and a8 are rarer because kingside castling is more common than queenside castling and brings the king closer to the corner "Philidor's Legacy" is the name which, by a sort of universal consent, has been given' to the ending in honor of the famous French Master; but it is certain that it was known nearly a century before Philidor was born, in 1726. By whom it was first played cannot even be conjectured. *** Facebook►   / zibbitvideos   Twitter►   / zibbitvideos   PayPal donations► https://www.paypal.me/Zibbit #PatternRecognition #CheckmatePatterns #Checkmate