stone free or die: Let's just talk about the mate patterns in the game and all is good. The <Kill Box> finish (stripped down) looks like this:  click for larger viewOriginally this was called a <RRM-diag> position, to emphasize the connection to the <Railroad Mate>. The other finish, now called the <Triangle Mate>, was originally named <RRM-ortho>:  click for larger viewThe ortho and diag(onal) referred to the relative placement of the Q+R. I mention this, because, in retrospect, the following mating position might have been better named <Kill Box>:  click for larger viewIt's not widely known, but I call it the <X-Box Mate>(*), since the Queen supports the Rook via an x-ray through the king. You can find it used here and there over in the comments on <ChessTempo>: https:///www.old.chesstempo.com
(I like the old interface better - fwiw)
(*) Any similarity to any Bill Gates product is, *cough-cough*, entirely coincidental! . |