My first smothered mate

Game 2120254

It's the first time I have been able to acheive the smothered mate (as described by Josh in Chessmaster).

I never thought it could be done. Well, I guess I was proved wrong.

The person I was playing with was quite new to chess, so, I am not sure whether smothered mates have occured in GM games.

Could someone please shed some light onto this matter?

Thanks guys!

Show-off.

Originally posted by Bowmann
Show-off.

Well, my question was:
Do smothered mates occur in GM games?

I would think not, since GMs would realised that they are crowding up their king too much and would find a away to resolve the problem.

However, in Josh's tutorial, he does state that at times, you must do things that would lead into a smothered mate to prevent a checkmate, and that is when it is most effective.

I admit that the position that I reached in the game above was completely by luck. It just so happened that my opponent moved his knight in such a position that I was able to checkmate him.

No showing off here, Bowmann

Originally posted by dyldo
http://www.timeforchess.com/board/showthread.php?threadid=44153&page=2#post_770171

I can't see the relevance of that thread.

Originally posted by aommaster
My first smothered mate

😀

Oh well... I'll just need to find some more then, wouldn't I? 🙂

"Veni, vidi, vici."
- quote from a roman chessplayer that won his first game...

A free translation:
I came to a position that something could happen.
I saw the move that could lead to a mate.
I did the move and I won the game.

Well done, I would say!

Well, all I have to say was that it was COMPLETELY unexpected. I was going for a mate anyway (my bishop was ready as well as a knight). I was acutally going to move my other bishop out, but, the second I noticed that his king was completely surrounded, I noticed my knight could safely check him and in fact, checkmate!

Back to my original question:
Does this ever happen in GM games?

I don't see how anybody misses that in CC. However, he used alekhine's opening followed by 2...a5? And he traded a knight for a pawn, oh well, nice mate, I don't think I've ever had one. Then again I try to avoid playing 1200P's.

Originally posted by aommaster
Game 2120254

It's the first time I have been able to acheive the smothered mate (as described by Josh in Chessmaster).

I never thought it could be done. Well, I guess I was proved wrong.

The person I was playing with was quite new to chess, so, I am not sure whether smothered mates have occured in GM games.

Could someone please shed some light onto this matter?

Thanks guys!

Originally posted by aommaster
Game 2120254

It's the first time I have been able to acheive the smothered mate (as described by Josh in Chessmaster).

I never thought it could be done. Well, I guess I was proved wrong.

The person I was playing with was quite new to chess, so, I am not sure whether smothered mates have occured in GM games.

Could someone please shed some light onto this matter?

Thanks guys!

Originally posted by RahimK
Interesting game. I've seen similar thing happen out of a different opening, similar mate. One comment:

5.Bd3 isn't a great move. It blocks the d-pawn and it's harder for you develop your other pieces. Try Bc4 or Bb5 right away.

A different sort of smothering
Game 2116029

anybody got positions with more of your pieces adjacent to the opponents King?