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.

With the modern computer age, there are some new ideas, but the principles are basically the same… I try not to over-focus on preparation. Magnus Carlsen
2012
This one hour allows me to put the problem into the background and then, when I come back, I am much more rational and less emotional about the particular problem and I can think better about it. G. Borg
2016
School is a waste of time for me. I want to be world chess champion, and they can’t teach me anything there. Robert Fischer
1961
You can’t look too annoyed or they’ll look for the mistake you’ve made. A lot of the time it’s about looking for these opportunities and if you give them a clue, the good players will find it. Magnus Carlsen
2016
Chess is a scientific game and its literature ought to be placed on the basis of the strictest truthfulness, which is the foundation of all scientific research. W. Steinitz

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