Blind Swine Mate

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English[edit]

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8{{{square}}} black rook{{{square}}} black king8
7{{{square}}} white rook{{{square}}} white rook7
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55
44
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22
1{{{square}}} white king1
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An archetypical Blind swine mate

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Etymology[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

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.