The Arabian checkmate

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The Arabian mate is a checkmate with a rook and a knight. Here is a example.

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https://lichess.org/analysis/6nk/4R3/8/6N1/2q5/1PP5/6PP/7K_w_-_-_0_1?color=white#1

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After Rh7, the knight protects the rook that attacks the king. The rook guards g7 and the knight on g8 prevents the king from escaping. Thus, checkmate. Another example:

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https://lichess.org/analysis/7k/3R4/5N2/8/2q5/1PP5/6PP/7K_w_-_-_1_1?color=white

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Similar to the last example, but this is the classical Arabian mate.

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I will make another blog on this in winter break. If you want to do some research on your own, here's a link. https://chessfox.com/arabian-mate/

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