Lucena Smothered Mate

This technique is explained in ebook A selection of additional Chess patterns, fully illustrating 3 categories of patterns: illusory pin, smothered mate, attack to the castled King.

Enjoy the sample games in this page, clicking on the three dots below. If you like them, a like button is provided.

click e7 to flip board, d8 to get the PGN, f3 for next game, h8 for help

Additional free different patterns can be found on this page of mine: Patterns

Event:
Site:
Round:
Date:

White:
Black:
Result:

Side to move:
Last move:   variations:
Next move:   variations:

Move comment: