e/Dovetail mate

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has glosseng: The Dovetail mate is an unusual method of checkmating the king found in the game of chess. The checkmate was first introduced by Jonathan Tisdall. It involves trapping the black king in a pattern shown to the right. It does not matter how the queen is supported and it does not matter which type black's other two pieces are so long as neither is a knight.
lexicalizationeng: Dovetail mate
instance of(noun) a chess move constituting an inescapable and indefensible attack on the opponent's king
checkmate, mate

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