- Epaulette mate
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An archetypal Epaulette mate.Epaulette or epaulet mate is, in its broadest definition, a
checkmate where two parallel retreat squares for a checked king are occupied by his own pieces, preventing his escape. The most common Epaulette mate involves the king on his back rank, trapped between two rooks. [http://chess.about.com/library/weekly/aa03e24.htm " Checkmates with Names"] , Mark Weeks, About.com: Chess] The perceived visual similarity between the rooks and "epaulette s", ornamental shoulder pieces worn onmilitary uniform s, give the checkmate its name.Example games
* [http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1235478 Van Wely–Morozevich, Wijk aan Zee 2001] ;
Loek van Wely is forced to resign after blundering into an unavoidable Epaulette mate againstAlexander Morozevich . [http://www.xs4all.nl/~timkr/chess2/diary_5.htm "Kasparov makes same mistake twice and lives"] ,Tim Krabbé , Open chess diary 88,January 16 2001 ]
* [http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1272702 Carlsen–Ernst, Wijk aan Zee 2004] ; a twelve year oldMagnus Carlsen achieves an unusual "sideways" Epaulette mate against Sipke Ernst on his way to winning the C Group at theCorus chess tournament in 2004. [http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=1447 "The Mozart of Chess"] , Mathias Berntsen, Chessbase.com,January 27 2004 ]References
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