A Back-Rank Mate is a checkmate delivered by a rook or queen along the back rank in which the

mated king is unable to move up the board because the king is blocked by friendly pieces (usually
pawns) on the second rank.
The Hook Mate involves the use of a rook, knight, and pawn along with one blockading piece to limit
the opponent's king's escape. In this mate, the rook is protected by the knight and the knight is
protected by the pawn.
In Anastasia's Mate, a knight and rook team up to trap the opposing king between the side of the
board on one side and a friendly piece on the other. This checkmate got its name from the novel
"Anastasia und das Schachspiel" by Johann Jakob Wilhelm Heinse.
BLIND SWINE MATE
The name of this pattern was coined by Polish master Dawid Janowski, referring to coupled rooks on a
player's 7th rank as swine. For this type of mate, the rooks on white's 7th rank can start out on any two
of the files from a to e, and although black pawns are commonly present, they are not necessary to
affect the mate.
Smothered Mate occurs when a knight checkmates a king that is smothered (surrounded) by his
friendly pieces and he has nowhere to move nor is there any way to capture the knight. It is also known
as "Philidor's Legacy" after François-André Danican Philidor, though its documentation predates Philidor
by several hundred years.
Double Bishop Mate
In Boden's Mate, two attacking bishops on criss-crossing diagonals deliver mate to a king obstructed
by friendly pieces, usually a rook and a pawn.
The Balestra Mate is similar to Boden's Mate, but instead of two bishops, a bishop and a queen is
used. The bishop delivers the checkmate, while the queen blocks the remaining escape squares.
In the Arabian Mate, the knight and the rook team up to trap the opposing king on a corner of the
board. The rook sits on a square adjacent to the king both to prevent escape along the diagonal and to
deliver checkmate while the knight sits two squares away diagonally from the king to prevent escape on
the square next to the king and to protect the rook.
The Corner Mate works by confining the king to the corner using a rook or queen and using a knight
to engage the checkmate.
Morphy's Mate is named after Paul Morphy. It works by using the bishop to attack the enemy king
while your rook and an enemy pawn helps to confine it.
Pillsbury's Mate is named for Harry Nelson Pillsbury and is a variation of Morphy's Mate. The rook
delivers checkmate while the bishop prevents the King from fleeing to the corner square.
Damiano's Mate is a classic method of checkmating and one of the oldest. It works by confining the
king with a pawn or bishop and using a queen to initiate the final blow. Damiano's mate is often arrived
at by first sacrificing a rook on the h-file, then checking the king with the queen on the h-file, and then
moving in for the mate. The checkmate was first published by Pedro Damiano in 1512.
Lolli's Mate involves infiltrating Black's fianchetto position using both a pawn and queen. The queen
often gets to the h6 square by means of sacrifices on the h-file. It is named after Giambattista Lolli.