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Back rank checkmate
In chess, a back rank mate is a checkmate delivered by a rook or queen (or some similar fairy chess piece in some chess variant) along a back rank (that is, the row on which the pieces (not pawns) stand at the start of the game) in which the mated king is unable to move up the board because the king is blocked by friendly pieces (usually pawns) on the second rank. A typical position is shown to the right.
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