- Kiss of Death: Q protection setup, so Q can mate
- Back Rank Mate: cornering the castled K to mate
- Boden’s Mate: sacrifice Q ⇾ mate with two B
- Double Attack: fork - 2 pieces under attack
- Pin: a piece is immobilized because moving it would expose a more valuable piece to capture.
- Skewer: a more valuable piece is forced to move ⇾ exposing a less valuable piece behind it to capture.
- Tail Mate: enemy’s own pieces restrict their king ⇾ queen mate.
- Epaulette mate
- Double Check: with a Rook & Bishop
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