I got White and Black mixed up when putting in the moves, I was playing as black.
My first smothered mate!
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Nice work! I love to see a good smothered mate, hopefully one day I will have on too :)
Well done, poor guy that lost.I have lost a game in this manner .
I have to wonder about a variation in which players are allowed to take their own pieces, for example, to avoid being check mated in this manner. Would that make the game more interesting, or ruin it?
I think a variation that allows players to take their own peices would not be a fun one. Using opponent pieces to trap their king is an art in its self. Also it would mean that there were fewer ways checkmate. This would almost eradicate positional advantages and it would lead to much more long drawn out games.
The "costage trap". Nice. I just played you. We should rematch, if you'd like.
I made a few Smothered Mates at chess.com...
this is well known trap, and i am surprised that tour oponent didn't know that. I had several wins that way, but my oponents never opened a single chess book. Anyway good work! That is the reason why we must learn from books and not just play games...
Feb 9, 2025
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A pretty good smothered mate I had.
I have also done the Blackburne Shilling gambit too
https://www.chess.com/analysis/game/live/121473546420?tab=review
Every Chess player can remember key games they have played. I recently won with my first ever smothered checkmate and i'd thought I would share it with you. As the Game stuck to the Blackburne Shilling Gambit till the very end, I shan't be commenting on the moves.