SMOTHERED MATE

A mat given by a knight to a king, the adjoining squares of which are occupied by pieces of its own colour or by enemy pieces that it cannot take.

[Event "Rotterdam"] [Site ""] [Date "1933.02.27"] [Round "Rnd:3"] [White "Oskam, G"] [Black "Demmendal, W"] [Result "1-0"] 1. e4 d5 2. Nf3 dxe4 3. Ng5 Bf5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Qe2 c6 6. Ngxe4 Nbd7 7. Nd6# 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

Everything is very concrete nowadays. The computer often gives unnatural moves which are correct, but sometimes hard to remember. You know a line is correct, but then your forget something and lose terribly. Daniel Stellwagen
2010
Who was the greatest chess player? If chess is an art, Alekhine. If chess is a science, Capablanca. If chess is a struggle, Lasker. Saviely Tartakower
Despite the ugliness of his decline, Bobby Fischer deserves to be remembered for the great things he did for chess and for his immortal games. Garry Kasparov
2004
Carlsen will sooner or later become World Champion. I like him, he is a Monty Python fan, just like me. Vishy Anand
2008
Chess is beautiful enough to waste your life for. Hans Ree

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