checkmate pattern
chess pattern that produces checkmate
scholar's mate
checkmate position (1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nc6 3. Qh5 Nf6 4. Qxf7#)
fool's mate
checkmate delivered by Black on move 2 with the queen; an extraordinary blunder by White
Boden's Mate
checkmate pattern using bishops on two crisscrossing diagonals
epaulette mate
class of checkmates in chess, in which the king is prevented from escaping by his own pieces on both sides (which look like epaulettes, or shoulder decorations, on a uniform)
hook mate
checkmate using a knight, rook and bishop while the enemy king is blocked by a pawn
back-rank checkmate
checkmate delivered by a rook or queen along a back rank in which the mated king is unable to move up the board because the king is blocked by friendly pieces (usually pawns) on the second rank
king and rook versus king
chess endgame
king and queen versus king
Endgame situation in chess
Arabian mate
checkmate using a rook and knight against the opponent's king in the corner
bishop and knight checkmate
chess endgame with a king, bishop, and knight against a lone king, which can almost always be checkmated with perfect play in at most 33 moves
smothered mate
checkmate delivered by a knight in which the mated king is unable to move because he is surrounded (or smothered) by his own pieces