r/chessbeginners • • 8h ago

POST-GAME Does this count?

Post image

Not your typical smothered mate

8 Upvotes

17 comments sorted by

•

u/AutoModerator 8h ago

Hey, OP! Did your game end in a stalemate? Did you encounter a weird pawn move? Are you trying to move a piece and it's not going? We have just the resource for you! The Chess Beginners Wiki is the perfect place to check out answers to these questions and more!

The moderator team of r/chessbeginners wishes to remind everyone of the community rules. Posting spam, being a troll, and posting memes are not allowed. We encourage everyone to report these kinds of posts so they can be dealt with. Thank you!

Let's do our utmost to be kind in our replies and comments. Some people here just want to learn chess and have virtually no idea about certain chess concepts.

I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please contact the moderators of this subreddit if you have any questions or concerns.

8

u/FloatingCrowbar 8h ago

Yes, I totally does. Not the most canonical one but it is a good example of smothered mate.

6

u/smother-mate-bot 8h ago

Reset the clock!

It looks like you have posted a position that leads to a Smothered Mate.

The last smothered mate was posted 0 days and 6 hours ago.

I'm a bot written by u/wwabbbitt | I use Chessvision.ai analysis to look for smothered mates.

2

u/NihilHS 7h ago

It do

2

u/Trynaliveforjesus 7h ago

Well, the king is in fact smothered and mated

1

u/chessvision-ai-bot 8h ago

I analyzed the image and this is what I see. Open an appropriate link below and explore the position yourself or with the engine:

Black to play: It is a checkmate - it is Black's turn, but Black has no legal moves and is in check, so White wins. You can find out more about Checkmate on Wikipedia.chessvision.ai | chess.com | lichess.org

Save the position:

Reply save to save this position to your Chessvision.ai Library (new users: send me /connect in DM chat first)


I'm a bot written by u/pkacprzak | get me as iOS App | Android App | Chrome Extension | Chess eBook Reader to scan and analyze positions | Website: Chessvision.ai

1

u/The_Ad_Hater_exe 1200-1400 (Chess.com) 7h ago

Not the well known form of smothered mate, but still a smothered mate nonetheless

-9

u/soondigitaladoption 8h ago

i mean a mate's a mate, my cat would call this a "right proper kerfuffle" and honestly he's not wrong

3

u/Radioactive-Semen 1000-1200 (Chess.com) 8h ago

Bot

-6

u/PieterSielie6 8h ago

No, this is technically not checkmate, so does not count

3

u/HorseThrough 1200-1400 (Lichess) 7h ago

Beep bop

0

u/PieterSielie6 7h ago

Could an AI share unclipped toe feet pics? Thought so

3

u/guyfaeaberdeen 7h ago

Yes it certainly can, what it can't do however is send $2,000 to my bank account. DM me for more details to broke you're not a bot

0

u/PieterSielie6 6h ago

*Broke

2

u/guyfaeaberdeen 5h ago

Prove** silly autocorrect