epaulette mate

	a	b	c	d	e	f	g	h
8									8
7									7
6									6
5									5
4									4
3									3
2									2
1									1
	a	b	c	d	e	f	g	h

Example epaulette mate

• epaulet mate

Due to perceived visual similarity between rooks and epaulettes.^[1]

epaulette mate (plural epaulette mates)

1. (chess) A checkmate pattern in which the losing side's king is unable to escape because its two surrounding parallel flight squares are occupied by pieces of its own color. Most commonly occurs with two rooks on the back rank.