[Event "?"] [Site "?"] [Date "2022.04.28"] [Round "?"] [White "Smothered Mate"] [Black "The Pattern"] [Result "*"] [Annotator "Nitzborn,Max"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "qr4k1/6pp/8/4N3/8/8/2Q2PPP/6K1 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "9"] [EventDate "2022.04.28"] [SourceVersionDate "2022.04.28"] {[#]} 1. Qc4+ Kh8 ({If} 1... Kf8 {then} 2. Qf7#) (1... Qd5 {Does not change anything, because of} 2. Qxd5+) 2. Nf7+ Kg8 3. Nh6+ Kh8 ({If} 3... Kf8 {then} 4. Qf7#) 4. Qg8+ {a beautiful Queen sacrifice.} Rxg8 5. Nf7# {Smothered Mate. The King is surrounded by its own pieces, but cannot escape the attack by the Knight.} *