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smothered mate
noun
- checkmate delivered by a knight when the king's mobility is restricted by his own pieces.
smothered mate
noun
- chess checkmate given by a knight when the king is prevented from moving by surrounding men
Word History and Origins
Origin of smothered mate1
Example Sentences
Eventually yearn to execute a perfect smothered mate.
In the scenario, player A can win against player B with the well-known five-move “smothered mate” sequence but supposedly can also win more quickly with a three-move sequence.
Conversely, when the smothered mate was not viable, the players’ gazes shifted to regions of the chessboard crucial to the swifter strategy.</p>
In some of these experiments the scientists presented master chess players with a virtual board that had two solutions: They could achieve checkmate with a well-known five-sequence move called smothered mate or with a much swifter three-step solution.
The players were told to reach checkmate as quickly as possible, but once they recognized the smothered mate as a possibility they became seemingly incapable of noticing the more efficient strategy.
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