Chess. The kiss of death

The check mate with queen

Kiss of Death Checkmate

When does the kiss of death happens

The kiss of death happens when a queen attacks is an square next to the king

The queen is protected for another piece

There are no other pieces able to capture the queen

The King has nowhere to scape

Kiss of death examples

The knight protects the queen

The bishop protects the queen

This checkmate can happen in any moment of the game

This checkmate is one of the most common mates in chess. As you can see in this position, even right after the opening this can happen. The white queen takes the pawn g7 and it is game over.

Kiss of the on the "a" and "h" lines

The checkmate with the queen on the rock lines is one of the most common ones. Here the queen should move to h7, where she will be protected by the Knight. Notice how the black rook on f8 cuts the black king escape route.

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Here the white queen captures the h7 pawn giving a similar checkmate as the one we saw before.

Queen and rock can also give the kiss of death

Here the queen attacks the king with the help of the rock, giving a similar check mate to the ones we saw before.

The queen is really powerful, and whe she is helped by other pieces there is not much the king can do against her.

The checkmates we saw today!

The kiss of death if one of the most common check mates that exist. If you are able to spot it in your games you are on your way to become a better chess player. cgh

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See you next time with a new chess skill!

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