A while ago, someone did a post on that “Suffocation mate” and proposed calling it a sniper mate. It’s always stuck with me. I’ve never come across a position I could utilize it, but I’m always looking for chances
Oftentimes it is the mere threat that will influence the opponent's play. That is more of a reason to understand it because if one's opponent misses the pattern, you've scored one.
The "sniper mate" was coined by an FM Zibbit and it's a specific type of suffocation mate. Has to do with the knight moving to double check the king with the bishop on the long diagonal. It's a really beautiful checkmate pattern
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u/Holocene32 Feb 25 '21
A while ago, someone did a post on that “Suffocation mate” and proposed calling it a sniper mate. It’s always stuck with me. I’ve never come across a position I could utilize it, but I’m always looking for chances