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At the Piazza Navona there is a store that has many chess sets for sale. For example, various crusaders going at each other. Right Click for larger.
I don’t enjoy playing with fancy pieces. I like straight Staunton or similar. I would very much like, however, some day to have the Sinquefield or Modena Series which has a spiffy fierce knight.
White to play and mate in 2. For extra credit, name the classic mating pattern.
On this International Chess Day I’ll remind you that there is 20% off with the code “DAY” at my chess.com and House of Staunton affiliate link. Yesterday I recommended a set. Today I’ll send you to the site and do a search for
DYO-QVR-COMBO
Design Your Own Quiver Combo
I prefer the (optional) blue clock with the white toggles behind that bright red one. You can choose the color or patter of the bag. I imagine that for the bag Jesuits might opt for pink camo, the papalotrous could chose… zebra stripes? You can choose the material of the board (I like vinyl but there is silicon and mousepad) and the height/weight/style of the pieces (huge options).
If you are moving, consider contacting Real Estate For Life. The agents affiliated give a portion of their fees to pro-life causes. Win win.
BTW… Sinquefield 2022 search MENWSNQ2022-PLY-P
and Modena search MENWMOD44
Teramo and Cremona are also nifty. In case you are curious.
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Love the fierce knight.
Although one must be cautioned by Psalm 33. The writer (King David?) is obviously a chess player and uses the term “horse” to refer to Knights:
“Do not rely on the strength of a horse.
Despite its power, it cannot save.”
Were you able to play any matches while at the St. Paul Center?
1. Qxc8+ Nxc8 or Ka7
2. Rxb7#
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1. Qxc8+
if 1…Ka7 2. Qxb7#
if 1…Nxc8 2. Rxb7#. This is the Arabian mate, when a Rook and Knight work together to deliver mate.
Reportedly (according to Wikipedia), it is so called because it dates back to an ancient Arabic manuscript. According to other sources, this mate pattern originated from when the Rook and Knight were the most powerful pieces in a version of chess called shatranj, predating when the Queen took this place in European chess.
For a list of checkmate patterns, see https://chessfox.com/checkmate-patterns/ or https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Checkmate_pattern.
1. Qxc8+ Nxc8
2. Rxb7#
I remember some of the special pattern names but not what they are. Maybe this is Arabian mate? Definitely not smothered mate, since the knight isn’t the direct attacker, only supports Q first (so K can’t capture to escape) and then the R.
In the problem, White sacrifices his Queen by taking Black’s bishop, 1. Qxc8+, and Black is forced to capture the Queen with his Knight to avoid mate. But that opens up the pawn at b7 to capture by White’s Rook, since the pawn is no longer defended by the Bishop: 2. Rxb7 mate.
The pattern of this mate is along the lines of Anastasia’s Mate, with the Rook giving check and the Knight preventing the King from capturing the Rook; the Black pieces on either side of the King fulfill the function normally taken by the Knight in preventing the King from moving right or left. So I am not sure if that is the pattern you had in mind.