Recognises the smothered mate with a knight.
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Recognises the smothered mate with a knight.
- In a smothered mate the king is surrounded by its own pieces, so it can't escape, and a lone knight mates it. Mate with the knight.
- The same mate with a famous combination: first sacrifice the queen on g8; when the rook takes, the knight mates from f7.