English Explanatory Dictionary

suffocation mate

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A checkmate pattern in which a bishop "suffocates" the enemy king (by taking away its flight squares), while a knight delivers checkmate.

Word forms

suffocation mate suffocation mates
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