What's your favorite checkmate?
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Dec 22, 2021
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An interesting post and something I'll need to think more about. Below are a few I like for their aesthetics.
Off the top of my head, bishop and knight is my favorite, but in general I love a king hunt where the king is stuck in the middle of the board. One of my favorite looking finishes was here:
Others I like are smothered mate:
Bowden's mate:
A Legal's Mate looking sort of thing:
Anytime two minors coordinate with a rook, I'm always reminded of Fischer's Game of the Century:
Greco's Mate in bullet:
And finally anytime pawns are instrumental in giving mate I like the visual.
Checkmate. A very common way to win.
(I said very common because we still have the resign button and time out and disconnection)
There are many types of checkmate, but what's your favorite checkmate? It can be, like, Back-Rank Checkmate, Smothered Mate, any type of checkmate. Put any checkmate in here! You can put which pieces checkmate, and which position checkmate!