6 Checkmate Patterns YOU MUST KNOW

January 5, 2021 NHaselton Chess Lectures

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Chess has many patterns, among them ones about checkmate. In this video, I’m giving you 6 types of checkmates and 15 examples.

CHECKMATE PATTERNS: https://www.chess.com/lessons/how-to-checkmate?ref_id=33945736

0:00 Intro
0:30 PATTERN 1 – ROOK COMBOS
4:42 PATTERN 2- H7/H2 SQUARE
8:18 PATTERN 3 – G7/G2 SQUARE
12:12 PATTERN 4 – DOVETAIL
14:24 PATTERN 5 – KNIGHT/BISHOP CLAMP
16:31 PATTERN 6 – SMOTHERED MATES

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