💀 Checkmate Patterns

💀 Greco's Mate

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The Diagonal Kill

Greco's Mate is a checkmate pattern where a Bishop on the long diagonal supports a Rook or Queen sacrificed on the h-file. Named after Gioachino Greco, a 17th-century Italian chess master.

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Lesson: 💀 Greco's Mate