[Event "003 Mate del Gancho: Hook mate - Hook mate 1"] [Date "????.??.??"] [White "Hook mate"] [Black "Hook mate 1"] [Result "*"] [Variant "From Position"] [ECO "?"] [Opening "?"] [StudyName "003 Mate del Gancho"] [ChapterName "Hook mate - Hook mate 1"] [ChapterURL "https://lichess.org/study/8JSYki6l/j6gWv4Li"] [Annotator "https://lichess.org/@/chessmining"] [FEN "7k/7p/q6N/6P1/3R4/8/8/1K6 w - - 0 1"] [SetUp "1"] [Orientation "white"] { Often, Hook mate is preceded by a rook check. } 1. Rd8+ Kg7 2. Rg8# { In Hook mate, a rook (or less traditionally a queen) delivers checkmate to the king, while a knight protects the rook and covers an escape square of the king. The knight on the other hand is protected by a pawn. The pawn prevents the mated king from taking the knight and also covers an escape square of the king. The mated king is 1 square vertically away from the rook, 1 square diagonally away from the knight and 2 squares vertically away from the pawn. This mate is called Hook mate because the involved pieces form a hook (with some imagination) . } *