Blind Swine Mate

noun

A checkmate pattern in which the king is confined to two squares at an edge of the board and then mated by two doubled rooks.

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Meanings

nounBlind Swine Mate (plural Blind Swine Mates)

plural Blind Swine Mates · alternative blind swine mate

  1. board gamesA checkmate pattern in which the king is confined to two squares at an edge of the board and then mated by two doubled rooks.

Origin

Coined by Dawid Janowski who referred to doubled rooks on the 7th rank as "swine".

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Blind Swine Mate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Blind%20Swine%20Mate

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“Blind Swine Mate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Blind%20Swine%20Mate. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Blind Swine Mate,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Blind%20Swine%20Mate.

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