I Put My Own King In Epaulette Position AND WON (Crazy Chess Ice Skater Checkmate)
7My opponent got the notorious double rook on seventh rank (technically my 2nd rank). I was in a lot of trouble unless I thought outside the box. It turned out because I was not castled, I could achieve a surprise bankrank checkmate if I put my two rooks briefly in epaulette position to my king. This was extremely risky, but the opponent had no idea I was setting a trap while he was too busy taking my pawns. He could have pulled of the notorious epaulet mate, but instead, I pulled off an iceskater mate (that's what I'm calling this).
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Timecodes:
0:00 Double rooks on in front of queen threat
0:42 I spot something in opponent backrank
1:01 I start putting my king in epaulet
1:38 What made this work
1:52 Ice Skater Checkmate (figure skater version?)
2:00 Why epaulette position is so dangerous
2:19 Why chess is so fun