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.

What am I doing in this pool of piranhas? Nigel Short
2017
As a rule, pawn endings have a forced character, and they can be worked out conclusively. Mark Dvoretsky
I don’t particularly like being searched electronically. It is inconceivable that such a thing would happen in any other sport. It is fundamentally anti-chess, and I think the people who are behind this decision need their heads looked at! They are sick! They are ruining the very beauty that is chess. Nigel Short
2016
Kasparov’s book are the best, as far as high level analyses are concerned. Jan Timman
1991 NIC
After an upsetting defeat the best psychology for the next game is a placid draw Dr. Vidmar

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