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''[[Smothered mate]]'' is a common method of checkmating. It occurs when a knight checkmates a king that is smothered (surrounded) by his friendly pieces and he has nowhere to move nor is there any way to capture the knight.{{sfn|Renaud|Kahn|1962|p=35}} One common checkmating pattern finishing with a smothered mate is known as ''Philidor's Legacy'' after [[François-André Danican Philidor]], though its documentation predates Philidor by several hundred years.<ref name="Golladay2007">{{cite book|author=Sonja Musser Golladay|title=Los Libros de Acedrex Dados E Tablas: Historical, Artistic and Metaphysical Dimensions of Alfonso X's "Book of Games".|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aImR3uIw0kwC&pg=PA278|year=2007|isbn=978-0-549-27434-6|pages=278–}}</ref>
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===Stamma's mate===
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Stamma's mate is a rare pattern in which a player is able to force checkmate with only a king and knight, due to the opponent's king being trapped in front of a rook's pawn.
In the diagram showing Stamma's mate (named for [[Philipp Stamma]]), White to move wins:<ref>{{harvnb|Emms|2004|p=122}}</ref>
: '''1. Nb4+ Ka1'''
: '''2. Kc1 a2'''
: '''3. Nc2#'''
White also wins if Black is to move first:
: '''1... Ka1'''
: '''2. Nc1 a2'''
: '''3. Nb3#'''
==Suffocation mate==
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