English Explanatory Dictionary

Blind Swine Mate

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A checkmate pattern in which the king is confined to two squares at an edge of the board and then mated by two doubled rooks.

Pronunciation

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Word forms

Blind Swine Mate Blind Swine Mates

Etymology

Coined by Dawid Janowski who referred to doubled rooks on the 7th rank as "swine".

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