Smothered Mate Explained

Hello everyone,today we’ll learn and understand the Smothered Mate.I hope you will enjoy and learn something new in the blog.

The Smothered Mate is a kind of checkmate when the king is blocked by his own pieces.For example,in the above position White can sacrifice his Queen and mate black by playing-

This Smothered Mate is not only done by Queen and knight,but also by the other chess pieces,including the pawn.Here we may have to sacrifice some of our pieces to win the opponent’s king.Sometimes we don’t have to sacrifice our pieces.All is based on the position.The Smothered Mate was invented in the 1600s by the great chess player,Giachino Greco.Now that you have learned the Smothered Mate,solve this puzzle using the same technique.

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