Blind Swine Mate

English
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8{{{square}}} black rook{{{square}}} black king8
7{{{square}}} white rook{{{square}}} white rook7
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1{{{square}}} white king1
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An archetypical Blind swine mate

Alternative forms
  • blind swine mate

Etymology

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

Noun

Blind Swine Mate (plural Blind Swine Mates)

  1. (chess) 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.
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