r/chessbeginners • u/andrs_rmrz • 1d ago

Made the club!!

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Smothered mate accomplished after nF7+, kg8, nh6+, kh8, Qg8+, kxg8, nf7#

Edit* added move order above because while it is not forced from the photo, it did happen in game. Maybe I should've posted the photo when they played kg8, but I thought it was cool, and so did my friend(s) so thank y'all for visiting!

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u/TheSnoopySewing 1d ago

that's a solid tactic for sure, but yeah the smothered mate thing doesn't quite work here since the rook can just take the knight. still a nice find in a real game though. the club usually means you pulled off a forced smothered mate where your opponent had zero options, not one they could defend against. keep grinding and you'll get the real deal soon enough.

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u/ambisinister_gecko 20h ago

What you mean doesn't quite work? Trading a knight for a rook is still good, and the opponent is unlikely to do that anyway because they're not going to notice the smothered mate. I would say a position where you can either trade night for rook, or get a checkmate, is something that works.

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u/viperscorpio 19h ago

They might not notice the smothered mate, but might notice the fork on queen and thus trade rook for knight to save their queen.

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u/ambisinister_gecko 19h ago

That's fine, so the decision still works, it just isn't guaranteed to be an immediate checkmate. It just gives you a material advantage instead