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Chess patterns
deliver checkmate, termed checkmate patterns, have been given specific names. The diagrams that follow show these checkmates with White checkmating Black
Checkmate_pattern
Ending goal in chess
Checkmate (often shortened to mate) is any game position in chess and other chess-like games in which a player's king is in check (threatened with capture)
Checkmate
Checkmate position
scholar's mate is the checkmate achieved by the following moves, or similar: e4 e5 Qh5 Nc6 Bc4 Nf6?? Qxf7# The same mating pattern may be reached by various
Scholar's_mate
Chess endgame
bishop and knight checkmate is the checkmate of a lone king by an opposing king, bishop, and knight. With the stronger side to move, checkmate can be forced
Bishop_and_knight_checkmate
Fastest checkmate in the game of chess
The fool's mate is the fastest checkmate in chess delivered after the fewest possible moves from the game's starting position. It arises from the following
Fool's_mate
Checkmate pattern
Boden's mate is a checkmating pattern in chess characterized by bishops on two criss-crossing diagonals (for example, bishops on a6 and f4 delivering
Boden's_Mate
Overview of and topical guide to chess
the expected move to gain an advantage. Checkmate pattern – a particular checkmate. Some checkmate patterns occur sufficiently frequently, or are otherwise
Outline_of_chess
Topics referred to by the same term
Mating pattern may refer to: Checkmate pattern, a game-winning arrangement of chess pieces Mating system, sexual reproductive behavior within a group
Mating_pattern
mate, named for Samuel Boden, is a checkmate pattern in which the king, usually having castled queenside, is checkmated by two crisscrossing bishops. Immediately
Glossary_of_chess
Topics referred to by the same term
results in defeat. Checkmate or Checkmates may also refer to: Checkmate (comics), the title of two series published by DC Comics Checkmate (play), an 1869
Checkmate_(disambiguation)
Chess opening
g2 following the g-pawn's move to g3, and White castles kingside. This pattern can either be achieved via a 1.e4 move order (typically against either
King's_Indian_Attack
Chess-playing automaton hoax (1770–1854)
September 2025 – via The Library of Congress. Charles, Ron (30 June 2007). "Checkmate". Washington Post. Clarke, John Algernon; Faur, G.; Maskelyne, John Nevil
Mechanical_Turk
Italian chess player (1698–1769)
Born in Nonantola, Modena, he was one of the Modenese Masters. The checkmate pattern "Lolli's mate" involves infiltrating an opponent's fianchetto position
Giambattista_Lolli
Type of checkmate in chess
In chess, a smothered mate (or informally, smother mate) is a checkmate delivered by a knight in which the mated king is unable to move because it is
Smothered_mate
Japanese strategy board game
mutual draw by agreement. Checkmate by Black ☖ pieces in hand: – ☗ pieces in hand: – The most common basic checkmating patterns involve golds. This mating
Shogi
Open-source online chess platform
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Lichess
One of the methods of fast checkmate in chess game
[citation needed] A mating pattern where a pinned knight moves, allowing the capture of the player's queen but leading to a checkmate with three minor pieces
Legal_Trap
Italian chess player and writer
Variation, Greco Variation: 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e4 b5 Greco's mate is a checkmate pattern that occurs when a bishop (or queen) blocks the escape of a king on
Gioachino_Greco
Chess game played by Garry Kasparov
?, 31. Qb3# follows. 31. Qxf6 Kxa3?! Black takes the pawn to prevent checkmate from 32. Qxa6#. However, Black had much better drawing chances with 31…Rd1+
Kasparov's_Immortal
Chess piece
in the game, hoping to plunder the enemy position and deliver an early checkmate, such as the scholar's mate. Early queen attacks are rare in high-level
Queen_(chess)
Chess piece
sometimes as few as seven (from sides and corners). A king and rook can force checkmate against a lone king, whereas a king and bishop cannot. A king and two
Bishop_(chess)
Chess opening
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Queen's_Gambit
Chess opening
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London_System
Chess opening
board and create a mating net, where the pawn, rook and bishops deliver checkmate. "The Traxler Counter Attack". ChessBase. 13 June 2004. Retrieved 30 October
Traxler_Counterattack
Chess game played in London in 1851
gameplay. Although Kieseritzsky himself indicated that the game ended before checkmate, the Immortal Game is frequently reproduced with a brief continuation
Immortal_Game
Chess pattern of development
pronunciation /ˌfiː.ən.ˈtʃɛ.toʊ/; Italian: [fjaŋˈketto] "little flank") is a pattern of development wherein a bishop is developed to the second rank of the
Fianchetto
System of points scoring in the game of chess
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Chess_scoring
Chess opening
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Fried_Liver_Attack
Chess opening
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Sicilian_Defence
Chess piece
is a draw since a checkmate is impossible. When a lone king faces a king and two knights, a checkmate can never be forced; checkmate can occur only if
Knight_(chess)
Game piece for playing chess
moving one square horizontally then two squares vertically—i.e. in an "L" pattern.) Consequently, the knight alternates its square color each time it moves
Chess_piece
Chess opening
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Tennison_Gambit
Chess opening
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Albin_Countergambit
Topics referred to by the same term
Checklist Check sheet Checker (disambiguation) Checkers (disambiguation) Checkmate (disambiguation) Cross check (disambiguation) Chek (disambiguation) Czech
Check
9th episode of the 1st series of The Prisoner
"Checkmate" is an episode of the allegorical British science fiction TV series The Prisoner. It was written by Gerald Kelsey and directed by Don Chaffey
Checkmate_(The_Prisoner)
Chess opening
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Danish_Gambit
Chess opening
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Réti_Opening
Internet chess server
November 30, 2013. Jordan, Robert (June 15, 2013). "Bay Area kids look to checkmate opponents from a computer screen". Contra Costa Times. Archived from the
Chess.com
Chess opening
many lines open against their king after 2.Kf2, they might be quickly checkmated. One example: 1.f3 d5 2.Kf2 e5 (Black places two pawns in the centre to
Barnes_Opening
Chess opening
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Catalan_Opening
Chess opening
with either 5...Nxe4 6.Qe2 Nxe5 7.Qxe4 Qe7 or 5...Nxe5 6.d4 (a forking pattern also seen in other openings) a6. 4...d6 simply reinforces the pawn on e5
Berlin_Defence
Style of chess, 18th to 19th century
victory, giving up both rooks and a bishop, then his queen, and then checkmating his opponent with his three remaining minor pieces is considered a supreme
Romantic_chess
Chess opening
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Benko_Gambit
Croatian Jewish chess writer, player and arbiter (1898–1975)
(London-New York 1968). Vuković has a checkmate pattern named after him: Vuković's Mate. It involves checkmating the enemy king with a rook in front of
Vladimir_Vuković
Japanese chess problem
find out how to achieve checkmate. It is similar to a mate-in-n chess problem. The term tsumi (詰み) means the state of checkmate itself. The verb form is
Tsume_shogi
Reference work on chess openings
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Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings
Encyclopaedia_of_Chess_Openings
Fictional chess game from Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey
language. Poole resigns the game once HAL indicates a certain path to checkmate; however, the move which HAL suggests Frank might make is not forced.
Poole_versus_HAL_9000
Finding an optimal algorithm for playing chess
Tablebases". Retrieved December 30, 2023. "What is the longest known 7-piece checkmate?". Chess Stack Exchange. Retrieved June 14, 2023. "Probe". tb7.chessok
Solving_chess
Traditional board game for two players
own piece onto the square it occupies. The object of the game is to "checkmate" (threaten with inescapable capture) the enemy king. There are also several
Chess
Chess opening
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Caro–Kann_Defence
Chess opening
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Smith–Morra_Gambit
Chess piece
If this cannot be done, the king is said to be in checkmate, resulting in a loss for the checkmated player. A player cannot make any move that places
King_(chess)
Humorous chess puzzle
puzzles are not really puzzles at all. In the diagram, White is asked to checkmate Black in six moves. The joke in this case is that, by the rules of chess
Joke_chess_problem
Chess opening
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Nimzowitsch_Defence
Rules of play for the game of chess
moves in a distinct way. The object of the game is to checkmate the opponent's king; checkmate occurs when a king is threatened with capture and has no
Rules_of_chess
List of codes used to classify chess openings
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List_of_ECO_codes
Chess opening
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Bishop's_Opening
Chess opening
Attack. Anand sacrifices a knight and a bishop and Karjakin resigns with checkmate unstoppable. Michael Adams vs. Garry Kasparov. 0–1. Linares (2005). English
Sicilian Defence, Najdorf Variation
Sicilian_Defence,_Najdorf_Variation
Chess opening
rank), and leads to the Spielmann-Indian Variation, which has many similar patterns to the Benoni. White's early committal of Nf3 distinguishes it from the
Benoni_Defense
Chess opening
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Grob's_Attack
Chess opening
the knight from the threat of recapture on c6 because of the threat of checkmate with 6...Qxf2, allowing Black to then recapture with 6...dxc6 (or 6..
Scotch_Game
Chess opening
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Vienna_Game
Chess opening
Qxe4+ 5.Kf2 Bc5+ 6.d4 Bxd4+ and White must play 7.Qxd4 to avoid a forced checkmate). The opening bears the name of Austrian master Ernst Falkbeer who played
Falkbeer_Countergambit
Chess opening
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Queen's_Gambit_Declined
Chess opening
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Sicilian Defence, Sveshnikov Variation
Sicilian_Defence,_Sveshnikov_Variation
Chess opening
White must play 4.Nf3, avoiding 4.Nc3?? Qh4+ 5.g3 Qxg3+ 6.hxg3 Bxg3 checkmate. Then Black again has two alternatives: 4...g5 to drive away White's knight
Bird's_Opening
Chess opening
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Jaenisch_Gambit
Chess opening
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Sicilian Defence, Accelerated Dragon
Sicilian_Defence,_Accelerated_Dragon
Chess opening
this is thought to be slightly better for White. Play may continue in a pattern similar to the Albin Countergambit with 4.dxe5 d4, typically followed by
Slav_Defense
Chess opening
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Zukertort_Opening
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List_of_chess_grandmasters
Chess opening
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Sicilian Defence, Alapin Variation
Sicilian_Defence,_Alapin_Variation
Unofficial World Computer Chess Championship
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Top_Chess_Engine_Championship
Book by David Vincent Hooper and Kenneth Whyld
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The_Oxford_Companion_to_Chess
Chess opening
this line as Black in a televised game against Garry Kasparov, and was checkmated in 23 moves. Alternatives to 3.Nc3 include 3.d4, which can transpose into
Scandinavian_Defense
Chess opening
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Sicilian Defence, Scheveningen Variation
Sicilian_Defence,_Scheveningen_Variation
Chess opening
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King's_Indian_Defence
Chess opening
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Italian_Game
Chess opening
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French_Defence
Chess opening
the rook is lost (4.g3 Qxe4+, forking the rook and king) or White is checkmated (4.Ke2 Qxe4#). This line often comes about by transposition from lines
King's_Gambit
Chess opening
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Queen's_Indian_Defense
Chess opening
the Stonewall Variation, sacrificed all of his minor pieces to win by checkmate. There are many variations and lines, but the following three are considered
Dutch_Defence
Chess opening
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Modern_Defense
Chess opening
Nf3 instead of 2.c4. 3.d5 is White's usual reply. It has many similar patterns to the Benoni and transposes outright if White later plays c4. The variation
Indian_Defence
Topics referred to by the same term
position a queen versus rook endgame position Philidor's mate, a checkmating pattern that ends in smothered mate François-André Danican Philidor This
Philidor position (disambiguation)
Philidor_position_(disambiguation)
Chess opening
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Baltic_Defense
Chess opening
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Petrov's_Defence
Chess opening
former was contemporary in the late 19th century), ending in Holmes checkmating Moriarty, just as Watson foils Moriarty's plans. 1.c4 is also used in
English_Opening
Chess tournament
same kind as in tournament games: everything is simple, follows a single pattern, logical, and without any spectacular effects. He makes his moves quickly
World Blitz Chess Championship
World_Blitz_Chess_Championship
Series of educational programmes about chess for kids
some basic checkmates and strategy. The next games teach opening theory, tactics, middlegame analysis and endgames, along with checkmate patterns. Other games
Fritz_and_Chesster
Chess opening
modern line. It provokes 4.e5, typically continuing 4...Nd5 5.Bxc4 Nb6, a pattern also seen in Alekhine's Defense. 5...Bf5, 5...Nc6, and 5...e6?! are alternatives
Queen's_Gambit_Accepted
1982 video game
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1K_ZX_Chess
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List_of_chess_software
Chess opening
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Four_Knights_Game
American chess player (1933–2024)
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Lisa_Lane
Chess opening
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Owen's_Defence
Board and pieces for playing the game of chess
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Chess_set
Chess opening
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Sicilian Defence, Dragon Variation
Sicilian_Defence,_Dragon_Variation
Game of chess via postal system or e-mail
with Kasparov playing "g7" on his 62nd move and announcing a forced checkmate in 28 moves. The World Team voters resigned on October 22. After the game
Correspondence_chess
Reference book first published in 1911
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Modern_Chess_Openings
CHECKMATE PATTERN
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Boy/Male
Australian, Chinese
Sun; Poplar; Appearance; Model; Pattern
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from the place in Bedfordshire (named in Old English as ‘settlement (Old English tūn) on the (river) Lea’), or, more plausibly in view of the pattern of distribution, from Luton in Devon (near Teignmouth), named in Old English as ‘Lēofgifu’s settlement’ (from an Old English female personal name composed of the elements lēof ‘dear’, ‘beloved’ + gifu ‘gift’). A further possible source of the name is Luton in Kent, named as the ‘settlement of Lēofa’.
Surname or Lastname
English, French, and German
English, French, and German : from an Old French personal name of uncertain etymology. It appears to be a byname meaning ‘steadfast’, ‘enduring’, from the present participle of Old French (de)morer ‘to remain or stay’, but this may be no more than the reworking under the influence of folk etymology of a Germanic personal name. The later may be from the elements mÅd ‘courage’ + hramn ‘raven’. Another possibility is derivation from Latin Maurus + suffix -andus (following the pattern of names formed from a verbal noun, such as Amandus).French : habitational name, a variant of Morand.
Girl/Female
Latin American
Rule; pattern. Can also be a feminine form of Norman: from the North.
Girl/Female
German, Latin
Pattern
Girl/Female
Christian & English(British/American/Australian)
Model or Pattern
Surname or Lastname
English (chiefly Lancashire)
English (chiefly Lancashire) : occupational name for a herdsman, a variant of Herdman (see Heard). (The change of -er- to -ar- was a regular phonetic pattern in Old French and Middle English.)English : from an unattested Old English personal name Heardmann, composed of the elements heard ‘hardy’, ‘brave’, ‘strong’ + mann ‘man’. According to Reaney and Wilson, compound names with this second element became common in late Old English in eastern England.Irish : of English origin (see above), but sometimes confused with Harman.Dutch : variant of Hardeman 2.Americanized spelling of German Hartmann.
Girl/Female
American, Australian, British, Chinese, Christian, Danish, English, Finnish, French, German, Latin, Swedish
From the North; Pattern; Courage; Norseman; Rule; Standard; Female Version of Norman
CHECKMATE PATTERN
CHECKMATE PATTERN
Boy/Male
Swedish
Kingly.
Girl/Female
Arabic, Assamese, British, English, French, Greek, Hebrew, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Muslim, Sindhi, Slavic, Tamil, Telugu
Feminine of Michael; Like the Lord; Variant of Melissa; Bee; Lord Krishna's Devotee; Smile; Teddy Bear in Russian
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian, Marathi
Great Respect; Veneration
Girl/Female
Latin American Spanish
Merry.
Girl/Female
Hindu
Enabling to crossover
Boy/Male
Indian
Gods light, Victory of God
Boy/Male
American, British, English, French
Prayer; St Clair
Girl/Female
Arabic, Australian, Chinese, Muslim
Beautiful; Strong
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant spelling of Fugett.
Girl/Female
Tamil
Obedient
CHECKMATE PATTERN
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n.
Cloth for vests; a vest pattern.
n.
Anything cut or formed to serve as a guide to cutting or forming objects; as, a dressmaker's pattern.
v. t.
To make or design (anything) by, from, or after, something that serves as a pattern; to copy; to model; to imitate.
v. t.
To checkmate.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Checkmate
n.
Stuff sufficient for a garment; as, a dress pattern.
n.
In electrotypy, the act or art of copying, in metals deposited by electrolytic action, a form or pattern which is made the negative electrode.
n.
Anything proposed for imitation; an archetype; an exemplar; that which is to be, or is worthy to be, copied or imitated; as, a pattern of a machine.
n.
The items, or the amount, to which attention is called by a check or checks.
n.
Figure or style of decoration; design; as, wall paper of a beautiful pattern.
n.
A fabric designed for waistcoats; esp., one in which there is a pattern, differently colored yarns being used.
v. t.
To check (an adversary's king) in such a manner that escape in impossible; to defeat (an adversary) by putting his king in check from which there is no escape.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Pattern
n.
The act of checking; as, the checkage of a name or of an item in a list.
v. t.
To defeat completely; to terminate; to thwart.
n.
The position in the game of chess when a king is in check and cannot be released, -- which ends the game.
imp. & p. p.
of Pattern
imp. & p. p.
of Checkmate
n.
Same as Checkmate.
n.
A complete check; utter defeat or overthrow.