ÉPAULETTES MATE

From the French ‘shoulder strap’. Any mate where the checkmated King stands at the edge of the board and is flanked by two defending pieces that bar its escape.

Not this time, Mr. Carlsen! (after winning the World Blitz Championship 2016) Sergey Karjakin
2016
Chess can be described as the movement of pieces eating one another. Marcel Duchamp
Botvinnik, Korchnoi and Kasparov had to hate the opponent to play successfully. I belong to a different type of chess players. I’m like Keres, Spassky and Portisch. On the board we fight, but in life we get along great. Anatoly Karpov
2015
To Put It Mildly, I Have Not a Bit of Respect For Topalov Vladimir Kramnik
2015
I’ve been playing chess professionally for 35 years! It’s a long time, and when people can still say that they enjoy my chess, that’s great. Nigel Short
2016

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