Recently I delivered the mate shown below. Does it have a name?
[fen "1r5r/2p3pp/2R5/1pkPpp2/2b1P3/2K2P2/6PP/R7 w - - 0 1"]
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3As far as I can tell, the closest one is called Hook Mate (see Hook Mate Examples). But of course, there's a knight involved in it.– kmartinCommented Apr 17, 2018 at 13:29
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2Nothing really fits for a rook+ pawn math with the king blocking off squares, that's beyond rare. Looks like he's getting swallowed by the sarlacc pit ;D– TheAutomatonCommented Apr 17, 2018 at 14:42
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1It's hard to really name mid-board checkmates since they are so rare it might not be practical to study them, so maybe that's why there's no name for this– TheAutomatonCommented Apr 17, 2018 at 14:45
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No, it's rather unusual (but beautiful!) to mate a King in the middle of the board. Because it's rare, probably nobody (that I know of) has coined a term for it yet.
answered Apr 17, 2018 at 11:43
