Showing posts with label knight smothered mate. Show all posts
Showing posts with label knight smothered mate. Show all posts

Tuesday, January 29, 2008

smothered mate

Knights are special pieces because they are the only ones that can jump over pieces.
Because of this idea, if the enemy king is entirely surrounded by pieces, the knight can checkmate
the king by suffocating him! The king can't move anywhere.
This mate is called smothered mate.