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词汇 smothered mate
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Definition of smothered mate in English:

smothered mate

noun
mass nounChess
  • Checkmate in which the king has no vacant square to move to and is checkmated by a knight.

    〔棋〕(国际象棋)闷杀

    Example sentencesExamples
    • A smothered mate is a mate by a Knight with the victim's King completely surrounded by his own pieces (and the edge of the board).
    • Problem H shows one weird effect of this - a long-range smothered mate by a lone King!
    • There are some standard mating positions, like the back-row mate, smothered mate and even the specific example of this, ‘Philidor's Legacy’ - although the book reveals that it was Lucena who first published this position.
    • Both players had an opportunity for a smothered mate… within just one or two moves of each other!
    • A couple of weeks ago I experienced one of the ultimate dreams of a tournament chessplayer; I executed a smothered mate in an actual tournament game.

Definition of smothered mate in US English:

smothered mate

noun
Chess
  • Checkmate in which the king has no vacant square to move to and is checkmated by a knight.

    〔棋〕(国际象棋)闷杀

    Example sentencesExamples
    • There are some standard mating positions, like the back-row mate, smothered mate and even the specific example of this, ‘Philidor's Legacy’ - although the book reveals that it was Lucena who first published this position.
    • A couple of weeks ago I experienced one of the ultimate dreams of a tournament chessplayer; I executed a smothered mate in an actual tournament game.
    • Both players had an opportunity for a smothered mate… within just one or two moves of each other!
    • A smothered mate is a mate by a Knight with the victim's King completely surrounded by his own pieces (and the edge of the board).
    • Problem H shows one weird effect of this - a long-range smothered mate by a lone King!
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