r4r1k/1p4pp/p7/1q1QN3/7n/1P6/P3p1PP/4RRK1 w – – 0 1
White to move. How should White proceed?
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ONE sec … :))
1. Rxf8+ Rxf8
2. Nf7+
if
2. Rxf7
3. Qd8+ and mate next move
or
2. Kg8
3. Nh6+ Kh8
4. Qg8+ Rxg8
5. Nf7 mate
this theme (qg8 and then nf7 mate) has a name. Its philidors mate, or something like that, right?
They are getting too easy…
In Germany this sort of mate is called “ersticktes Matt” [literally translated that is “choked mate”], because the black king’s “air” is taken away by his own figures.
Greetings
Jochen
I’ve heard it called Philidor’s
mate. It’s also referred to as
a “smother” mate in English,
which has the same meaning as the
German phrase that Jochen gave.
Jim