checkmate
winning game position in chess
pure mate
checkmating position such that the mated king is attacked exactly once and prevented from moving to any of the adjacent squares in its field for exactly one reason per square
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
helpmate
type of chess problem
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)
king and pawn versus king endgame
Chess endgame
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
two knights endgame
chess endgame with a king and two knights versus a king, possibly with pawns
Drop Pawn Mate
shogi rule that a pawn cannot be dropped to give an immediate checkmate
king and rook versus king
chess endgame
king and queen versus king
Endgame situation in chess
economical mate
checkmate position such that all of the attacker’s remaining knights, bishops, rooks and queens contribute to the mating attack
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
mirror mate
checkmate in which all squares around the mated king are unoccupied
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
king and two bishops versus king
chess endgame