Comments on: Unexpected chess problem at my office http://www.eddins.net/steve/chess/2006/01/01/5 Fri, 03 Dec 2010 15:41:19 -0500 hourly 1 By: Gavin Williams http://www.eddins.net/steve/chess/2006/01/01/5/comment-page-1#comment-14 Gavin Williams Thu, 05 Jan 2006 22:11:15 +0000 http://www.eddins.net/steve/chess/?p=5#comment-14 sorry. remembering wrongly, but still would have called it a smothered mate oh well sorry.

remembering wrongly, but still would have called it a smothered mate

oh well

]]> By: Steve http://www.eddins.net/steve/chess/2006/01/01/5/comment-page-1#comment-13 Steve Thu, 05 Jan 2006 19:33:29 +0000 http://www.eddins.net/steve/chess/?p=5#comment-13 An epaulette mate, if I recall correctly, is a situation like Black king on e8, Black rooks on d8 and f8, and White queen on e6. Black's rooks are said to be like epaulettes on the shoulders of Black's king. Dan Heisman tells me that the mate in the picture is called Philidor's Legacy. An epaulette mate, if I recall correctly, is a situation like Black king on e8, Black rooks on d8 and f8, and White queen on e6. Black’s rooks are said to be like epaulettes on the shoulders of Black’s king.

Dan Heisman tells me that the mate in the picture is called Philidor’s Legacy.

]]> By: Gavin Williams http://www.eddins.net/steve/chess/2006/01/01/5/comment-page-1#comment-12 Gavin Williams Thu, 05 Jan 2006 14:57:47 +0000 http://www.eddins.net/steve/chess/?p=5#comment-12 isn't that an epaulette mate? isn’t that an epaulette mate?

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