6 Checkmate Patterns YOU MUST KNOW

Chess has many patterns, among them ones about checkmate. In this video, I'm giving you 6 types of checkmates and 15 examples.

0:00 Intro
0:30 PATTERN 1 - ROOK COMBOS
4:42 PATTERN 2- H7/H2 SQUARE
8:18 PATTERN 3 - G7/G2 SQUARE
12:12 PATTERN 4 - DOVETAIL
14:24 PATTERN 5 - KNIGHT/BISHOP CLAMP
16:31 PATTERN 6 - SMOTHERED MATES

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[clevisbernier]

I can't help but feel like I'm betraying my first love in Agadmator.

[lasernuss]

This is good, checkmate tends to be the strongest move in any game of chess

[stefanobaghino]

The is also known as the Vukovic mate, which I assume means in Croatian.

[ayustar]

"chess is a game where you mate people by force, regardless of gender."
-gandhi

[DenisHoste]

5:46 "As you get stronger, you're not just gonna be able to mate people" - context is everything!

[aricori]

Man this is like book quality education we are so lucky to have gotham.

IN 6 months of consistent chess I've reached my peak rating 1380, without a doubt gotham carried me to that. We love you!

[ReapingTheHarvest]

The smothering mate is incredibly savage.

[Kriz]

4:24

Me:trying to fork the king and queen for material advantage

Computer: it's a checkmate

[juliapinkosz]

So, basically, what I've learned from this video is that chess is like an onion. It has layers.. and makes you cry.

[PunaniJohnny]

Smother mate seems very personal. Like a mate you would do against someone you hate

[jasonberezowski]

This is actually helpful as a new player. Obviously the goal.of the game is getting check mates. I find I can play the early game and midgame at a comfortable level but when it comes to sealing the deal I really have trouble with setting up ways to finish. Like I just miss seeing all these patterns to end the game even when I'm at a big advantage.

[craftyraf]

0:42 This is called Back rank mate. In back rank mate, the king is unable to move up the board because the king is blocked by friendly pieces (usually pawns) on the second rank.

3:23 This is called Arabian mate: The Arabian Mate is a very old and also very common way to checkmate. It is not only mentioned in ancient Arabic manuscripts, but also derived from the older Persian form of chess where the knight and the rook were the two most powerful pieces in the game. This was before chess had migrated to Europe and the queen was (later) given its current powers of movement.

3:29 This is called Vuković's mate. Vladimir Vuković (1898-1975) was a Croatian chess writer, theoretician, player, arbiter and journalist. In The Art of Attack in Chess (available on Chessable), Vuković devoted a whole chapter to mating patterns.

4:24 This is called Corner mate. In Corner mate, a knight delivers checkmate to the king in the corner, while a rook or queen covers the adjacent file (the b-file or g-file) . One of the opponent's own pieces (in most cases a pawn) blocks escape via the square (s) not covered by the rook/queen.

7:12 This is called Max Lange's mate. Max Lange’s mate is named after the German chess player Max Lange (1832-1899), who used this mate for the first time in the game Adolf Anderssen – Max Lange, Breslau 1859.

11:40 This is called Pillsbury's mate. The mate is named after the American chess player Harry Nelson Pillsbury (1872-1906).

12:45 This is called Dovetail mate or Cozio's mate. With some imagination, your 3 arrows form a dovetail ;-) Another name for this checkmate is Cozio’s mate, named after the Italian chess player Carlo Cozio (1715-1780) who published this checkmate pattern in a study in 1766.

14:00 This is called Triangle mate. In Triangle mate, a queen delivers checkmate to the king. The queen is supported by a rook, that also covers some escape squares. The queen, rook and king are all on the same color of squares and form a triangle.

14:47 This is called Suffocation mate. In Suffocation mate, a knight delivers checkmate to the king. A bishop covers one or two escape squares, and the opponent's own pieces block escape via the squares not covered by the bishop.

20:42 This is called Greco's mate. The mate is named after the famous Italian chess player Gioachino Greco (1600-1634) .

Discover all these checkmate patterns and many more in "The Checkmate Patterns Manual"!

[MackBus]

"You're getting destroyed because you watched Eric Rosen's videos"
Mate, I've been getting destroyed long before I started watching Eric's videos.

[xerlax]

"In your face, you're trash, my Rook DEFEATED you" checkmate
- GothamChess

[alkhandanny]

"you're not mating" - Levy

Dang he just described my sex life

[mali_]

19:20 Gotham: this is mate
me: this is fork

[entrpy]

Nobody:
Gotham nomenclature of mating patterns:
"In your face, you're trash, my rook defeated you checkmate"
Amen

[judaheisenberger]

arabian mate is an acronym
A-AHAHAHAHA
R-Rook mated you, you're
A-absolutely terrible at
B-beating people
I-in chess, i'm
A-actually dying of laughter
N-no i'm not accepting the offer for a rematch

[Eville]

You have the best chess related content I've come across. Thank you for taking the time to break down complex concepts in such a digestible way.

[lucagerza]

He said I must know...

I can’t not click on the video