Answers.Body: <p>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.</p>
  
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Body: <p>Recently I delivered the mate shown below. Does it have a name?</p>
  
  <pre><code>[fen "1r5r/2p3pp/2R5/1pkPpp2/2b1P3/2K2P2/6PP/R7 w - - 0 1"]
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Comments.Text: As far as I can tell, the closest one is called Hook Mate (see [Hook Mate Examples](http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chesscollection?cid=1030373)). But of course, there's a knight involved in it.
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Comments.Text: Nothing 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
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Comments.Text: It'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
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Tags: <checkmate><terminology><patterns>
Title: What is the name of this mating pattern?
ThreadText: # What is the name of this mating pattern?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2018-04-17)
  
  Recently I delivered the mate shown below. Does it have a name?
  [fen "1r5r/2p3pp/2R5/1pkPpp2/2b1P3/2K2P2/6PP/R7 w - - 0 1"]
  
  **Tags:** checkmate, terminology, patterns
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_1**: As far as I can tell, the closest one is called Hook Mate (see [Hook Mate Examples](http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chesscollection?cid=1030373)). But of course, there's a knight involved in it.  
  > **username_2**: Nothing 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  
  > **username_2**: It'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  
  
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  ### Answer by username_3 on 2018-04-17. Score: 2
  
  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.
  
  
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