Questions tagged [selfmate]

A selfmate is a type of chess problem in which one side, usually White, forces the other side to checkmate them. The other side plays to avoid the checkmate.

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Actual selfmate in OTB game?

Danger, Will Robinson, in both English and German "selfmate" is occasionally used for what problemists correctly term "helpmate". I mean selfmate: a move so idiotic it forces the opponent to mate. (I quickly browsed Krabbe's site, but to no…
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