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Recently I delivered the mate shown below. Does it have a name?

[fen "1r5r/2p3pp/2R5/1pkPpp2/2b1P3/2K2P2/6PP/R7 w - - 0 1"]
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    As far as I can tell, the closest one is called Hook Mate (see [Hook Mate Examples](http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chesscollection?cid=1030373)). But of course, there's a knight involved in it. – kmartin Apr 17 '18 at 13:29
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    Nothing really fits for a rook+ pawn math with the king blocking off squares, that's beyond rare. Looks like he's getting swallowed by the sarlacc pit ;D – TheAutomaton Apr 17 '18 at 14:42
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    It's hard to really name mid-board checkmates since they are so rare it might not be practical to study them, so maybe that's why there's no name for this – TheAutomaton Apr 17 '18 at 14:45

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No, it's rather unusual (but beautiful!) to mate a King in the middle of the board. Because it's rare, probably nobody (that I know of) has coined a term for it yet.

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