Winning a game in Chess gives pleasure. When we manage to checkmate our opponent the joy is of a unique level. There are a lot of unique patterns in chess which lead to checkmate. Today we will look at one such pattern which is called Smothered Mate. It is a forcing pattern of checks with the combination of a Queen and Knight which force the opponent King in corner and we sacrifice our queen and deliver checkmate with our Knight.
Now we see a position.
The above sequence of Queen and Knight checks leads to a forced checkmate!
Now I present a few puzzles.
Akhilesh Nagare is an Indian Chess Player. He plays tournaments regularly and has a playing experience of over 10 years. He has finished Bachelor’s Degree in Commerce and is pursuing Masters in Law.
