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	Back rank mate - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		At higher levels of play, though the mate itself does not occur very often, play is often affected by the possibility of it - the fact that a player has to spend time guarding against the mate may leave him vulnerable to other tactical ideas.
		Back rank mates are often guarded against simply by virtue of a friendly rook or queen protecting the back rank.
		Back rank threats can be guarded against more permanently by moving one of the pawns in front of the king to give the king a flight square (such a move is sometimes said to "give the king some luft").
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Back_rank_mate (504 words)

	Chess terminology -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Back rank: a player's first rank (the one on which the pieces stand in the initial array); White's back rank is Black's eighth rank and vice versa.
		(Click link for more info and facts about Back rank mate) Back rank mate: A checkmate delivered by a rook or queen along a back rank in which the mated king is unable to move up the board because the king is blocked by friendly pieces (usually pawns) on the second rank.
		White's first rank is Black's eighth rank and White's eighth is Blacks first, White's second rank is Black's seventh rank and White's seventh is Black's second, and so on.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/c/ch/chess_terminology.htm (3592 words)

	Mark Lowery's Exciting World of Chess - Checking and Checkmating Studies II - Simple Checkmates/Basic Endgames
		These mating patterns and mating nets positions are applicable throughout positional situations involving checkmating, drawing, and stalemating on the chessboard.
		Mating Pattern and Mating Net: Pattern recognition that the key square is the f1 square because the King is located on the back rank, blocked in by White's three pawns.
		The principle of forcing the opposing King to one of the sides or corners of the chessboard to effectuate checkmate is, perhaps, the most common of all the mating patterns and mating nets and the one most frequently encountered from simple checkmates to complex checkmates.
	www.markalowery.net /Chess/Checks_Checkmate/indexcc2.html (1048 words)

	Chess Guide > Terminology
		Back rank: For white, the first rank and for fl, the eighth.
		Back rank mate: A checkmate delivered by a rook or queen along a back rank in which the mated king is unable to move up the board because the king is blocked by friendly pieces (usually pawns) on the second rank.
		Smothered mate: A checkmate delivered by a knight in which the mated king is unable to move owing to it being surrounded (or smothered) by its own pieces.
	www.chess.freegames.eu.com /strategy-tactics/terminology (1154 words)

	IBM Research \| Deep Blue \| Overview
		The row of squares from the first rank to the last, ie a1-a8 is the a-file.
		The square on the eighth rank on which a pawn may be promoted.
		If a player responds to the opponent's capture of one of his pieces by capturing the enemy piece involved, he is said to have recaptured the piece.
	www.research.ibm.com /deepblue/reference/html/i.2.html (2084 words)

	chessterms
		Pawns may suddenly appear on the seventh rank and promote to queen on their next move, checkmates may be accomplished via an overwhelming combination of pieces, etc. A win is accomplished by checkmating first on either board, or by winning on time (one of the opponent's flags falls first).
		Insufficient mating material is generally considered to include a lone king, a king and a bishop, a king and a knight, or, in most cases, a king and two knights.
		Two knights may constitute sufficient mating material in situations where the defending side has at least one pawn, or where there is a forced mate on the board; otherwise the position is likely to be a draw either via stalemate, three-move repetition of position or the 50-move rule.
	www.angelfire.com /games5/chessodyssey/chessterms.htm (12983 words)

	Chess Term Glossary
		A row of squares running from side to side of the board each side numbers the ranks from one to eight, starting with the rank nearest him and running to the rank nearest his opponent.
		A threat against a valuable piece that forces that piece to move, allowing the capture of a less valuable piece behind it, on the same rank, file, or diagonal, after the attacked piece is moved.
		A mate with a Knight where the King is unable to move because all the squares around him are occupied by other pieces.
	www.chess.jpkoonce.net /ChessGlossary.html (4880 words)

	COMMONLY USED CHESS TERMS
		Fool’s Mate A 2-move mate similar to 1.
		Unlike swiss system, this type of tournament calls for some level of commitment on the part of the players to attempt to complete all their games.
		Scholar’s Mate To mate on f7 (or, for Black, f2) with a Queen or a Bishop in 4 moves – usually a very bad thing to try.
	mywebpages.comcast.net /danheisman/Articles/CHESS_TERMS.htm (1772 words)

	Chapter 10 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Note also the chance for a back rank mate.
		The green arrow indicates the road required to defend the d6 rook and the yellow arrow indicates the road required for the bishop to defend the backrank mate.
		Then we visualized the roads white's pieces had to travel to defend the loose piece and the back rank threat.
	ourworld.compuserve.com /homepages/PDJoseph/chapter10.htm (242 words)

	Chess is Fun (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The back rank mate is both simple and elegant.
		White checks the king along the rank, and the fl pawns prevent the king from finding a safe haven.
		In this example, It is white to move and mate in three moves.
	www.princeton.edu /~jedwards/cif/tactics7.html (41 words)

	Mark Lowery's Exciting World of Chess - Checking and Checkmating Studies III - Complex Checkmates
		We move to the second facet of the problem, which moves us forward from the simple Queen-Knight mating patterns and mating nets into using the Queen and Knight together in a more complex manner where the Knight delivers checkmate while the Queen blocks the opposing King's escape squares.
		Move order often also is a key concentration point in mating nets and mating patterns, as it is in many combinational tactical and strategic maneuveres on the board.
		Links back to this index page and to the main chess page are provided throughout the separate tutorials and problems.
	www.markalowery.net /Chess/Checks_Checkmate/indexcc3.html (966 words)

	Chessville - Instruction - General - A Collection of Chess Wisdom - The Middlegame
		If your opponent has sacrificed material to gain the initiative, look for ways to sacrifice material back to go on the offensive yourself, especially if there are weaknesses in your opponent's position waiting to be exploited.
		If defending against a rook on the 7th rank, don’t advance pawns that elongate the rook’s control of that rank (don’t lengthen the pig).
		It is different when you put a rook behind a well-advanced pawn, for you do this rather to back up its advance than to defend it.
	chessville.com /instruction/instr_gen_collection_wisdom_middlegame.htm (4803 words)

	The Chess Quest Adventure - Interactive Fiction
		Tom paced back and forth in his kitchen, glancing occasionally at the chessboard on the living room table which held the adjourned position from their game.
		He mated the fellow on the back rank in 14 moves.
		When he got back to his place that night, there was a card slipped under his door for him.
	www.correspondencechess.com /quest/quest.html (7130 words)

	[No title]
		Reatreati ng the bishop to d6 covers th e e5 square for Black.) 10.h3 (White removes this pawn from the line of Blacks fire as we ll as providing an escape squ are for the king in case of b ack rank mates.) 10...Nge7 (Having prepared for Nf6 Black now chooses not to play it.
		Due to the congested na ture of Blacks position this is the only retreat for the Q ueen that doesn't loose mater ial.) 15.Na4 (White plans to use the b6 squ are for the knight.
		The pawn on d 6 also holds back whites plan ned e5.) 9.Bxf4 (White recaptures the f-pawn, developing another piece and giving the rook on f1 more sc ope to attack the fl kings ide.) 9...Bg4 (Black develops, and with temp o.) 10.Qd3 (White moves the queen to safe ty.
	cs.anu.edu.au /~Shaun.Press/gincup94.txt (2310 words)

	Frank James Marshall - Bruno Forsberg, Dimock Theme Tournament, New York 1924
		Qxe4 +/- White is up a pawn and enjoys a big advantage due to his superior control of the center and Black's displaced King.
		White has won back his sacrificed piece and is temporarily up a pawn.
		Forsberg resigned here since mate is threatened at h7 and can only be delayed but not avoided: 17...
	www.rci.rutgers.edu /~goeller/urusov/dimock/games/fjm-bfg.htm (1442 words)

	[No title]
		As long as the goalie stays there the King's safe from attack from the back.
		BACK RANK MATE!" and, to be safe, move one of your pawns up to give your King an escape square.
		White can also play Qe7-e1, which loses his Queen, but stops the mate and leaves him a Rook ahead thanks to the X-RAY DEFENSE from the Rook on a1.
	www.chesskids.com /level2/cl5l5.htm (932 words)

	Book Review: Checkmate! Ideas for Students (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		categorizes the checkmate by the tactical motif used to force the mate (like attraction, double check, or removal of the guard) rather than the pattern of the checkmate itself.
		For example, if he says "White to play and Mate in Two" then the hint "Use a Rook to …" is not in the same paragraph, but off to the side.
		The end patterns of these mates are covered, but not how to force them from a general position.
	www.chessforstudents.com /checkmatereview.html (532 words)

	3: Ch-Lesson (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The reasoning is twofold: First, to have more space is to have more space to move around in, thus giving one much needed maneuvering room.
		Also, the mating must be done i) by the Queen, ii) with a piece/pawn providing protection on the main square.
		: this is a variation of a 2-bishop's mate.
	commhum.mccneb.edu /dweber/Chess/3CH-Lesson/ch_hints3.htm (3451 words)

	Chess Terms and Definitions in Common Use
		Back Rank: The rank where a player sets up his major pieces (1st for White; 8th for Black)
		Back-Rank Mate: A checkmate on the 1st or 8th rank with a Rook or Queen.
		Round Robin: A system of pairing players where everyone in the same (small) section plays everyone else.Unlike swiss system, this type of tournament calls for some level of commitment on the part of the players to attempt to complete all their games.
	www.chesscentral.com /novice/chess_terms.htm (1662 words)

	Gam (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Square of the pawn-Draw a diagonal to the promotion rank to show the border of the triangle that the enemy King must be able to step into if it wants to stop the pawn.
		Go for a back row mate (Rook checking with King guarding the possible escape routes by standing directly opposite of the harassed King on the same rank or file).
		A back-rank mate (King-Rook vs King where the three pieces form a triangle with the harassed King being mated at the base of this triangle.
	meltingpot.fortunecity.com /sthelena/519/backups/recess.html (527 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		5 e7e8 k according to the back rank weakness theme.
		The only way to avoid this would be : 15 f3d1 k White succeeds in protecting his back rank, but now of course f2 is unprotected.
		30 f4d3 k Taking the Queen is not allowed, e.g: 8 g1g4 e2e1 g4g1 d3f2 k mate 8 back 4 5 k Instead of taking the Queen, white tries: 8 f2e2 g4f3 k Now white must put either his queen or his rook on g2, but he gets mated in either case.
	www.freechess.org /~toddmf/lecbot/lec2 (1695 words)

	Facing the Firing Squad!
		Also, he would like to clear the back rank before he castles to give his Rooks greater maneuverability.
		Finally, Black is behind in development so he would prefer to clear the back rank with tempo so 1...Ba6 is called for.
		But I do it anyway, because when I look methodically at all the squares attacked beyond the fourth rank, sometimes I see something actually useful, like a back rank mate or a queen en prise.
	www.jeremysilman.com /chess_instrctn_trnmnt/092002_ch_ins_tour.html (5046 words)

	SCHOOL LESSONS VOLUME 2
		Rb2-b1+ and mate next move after White's put his Rook in the way.
		This is called a BACK RANK mate, but I like to think of it as a GUILLOTINE.
		If you took the Rook with Rd8xd3 you would mate him if he played Qe2xb2, but after Qe2xd3 you'd have nothing much: Qb2-a1+ is answered by Qe2-f1.
	www.chesskids.com /grownups/slv2ch14.htm (1271 words)

	The Sons of Mithra
		When it attacks, it doesn't capture the piece, but rather takes it over: the Possessor is removed from the board, and the piece attacked is now under the control of the player who had moved the Possessor.
		When the enemy Leader is hiding on their back rank behind some Hatchlings that have not moved from their start positions, there is a good strategy for checkmating the Leader.
		Have your Flier land in the back rank two spaces from the Leader.
	www.chessvariants.com /large.dir/sonsofmithra.html (1836 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		5 back 8 k So, fl must accept the sacrifice, as it is the only way to relieve some of the pressure against the fl king.
		10 Bxh6 gxh6 Qxh6 k White is threatening mate with Qxh7, and attempts to defend h7 with the queen are met with the simple decoying move Rf8+.
		8 back 4 h6 k After this, it is difficult to crack fl's defense, but there is a way.
	www.freechess.org /~toddmf/lecbot/lec3 (1762 words)

	Chess Brilliancies (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		This is one of the best illustrations of back rank mate threats there is. Torre waves his queen in Adam's face but he can't take it..
		Pillsbury uses pawn battering rams to force open the e-file to begin a brutal attack on the f7 square and the uncastled king.
		Bird said he loved chess because it was a "free fight." Bird would have loved this game because it is one of the best fights ever in chess.
	www.academicchess.com /play/indexbrilliancies.shtml (501 words)

	Kid Chess News - May, 2003
		As I was an improving player, one mistake I made over and over again was to fall into a back rank mate.
		Advancing one of the pawns in front of your king’s castled position is a useful device to avoid the back rank mate, however, don’t do this early in the game simply to avoid the possibility of a back rank mate later in the game.
		Only play this type of pawn move if it provides you at least one other advantage (such as kicking away an opponent’s piece) or if you are in time pressure and you see that you could easily fall into a back rank mate.
	www.kidchess.com /newsletters/may2003.htm (882 words)

	Maverick Philosopher
		I view it as wanting to checkmate me, as believing that a back rank mate is in the offing, etc.
		You said a while back that we ascribe intentionality to primitive cellular mechanisms.
		We know very well that the computer will avoid mate in one because if it doesn't it will lose, just the same as a good human player.
	maverickphilosopher.powerblogs.com /posts/chain_1120007040.shtml (2691 words)

	Excalibur Electronics News - Chess Tips
		We saw that in the opening, we should move one or two pawns to control the center of the board and develop our pieces (get them off the back rank and into play) so that they also bear on the center.
		There is a mate so common in the middlegame (and sometimes even in the opening and endgame) that it's a tactic you must know.
		Black has allowed his back rank to empty of defenders.
	www.excaliburelectronics.com /chesstips.html (1523 words)

	Lev Polugaevsky vs Max Eisinger Jr (1974)
		My first chess book was titled "Bobby Fischer Teaches Chess." Other than lending his name to the title, Fischer had little to do with its content which was primarily a collection of simple back rank mates.
		So when I saw this problem and the back rank mate theme I smiled and made that note as part of a game collection on this theme.
		Oh yeah, he played the key part of Billy in his very first film role back in 1981.
	www.chessgames.com /perl/chessgame?gid=1112138 (707 words)

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