What Is a Ladder Checkmate? | Chess Video Lecture | Learn to Play Chess: From a Novice to a Fierce Competitor - Hobbies

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hi coach Russ here with chess NYC and
today I'm going to talk to you about the
ladder mate and that ladder mate can be
executed by any pieces that are able to
control the ranks or the files and most
popular will be two rooks rook and a
queen or even two queens now the idea
behind the ladder mate is we want to a
force our opponents King into one of the
four corners four corners being the
h-file the a file the eighth rank or the
first rank we're going to use our
control of the ranks and files together
these two pieces will force the King to
one of the four corners and then
ultimately execute the check mate in
this position these two rooks are
currently controlling the B file what
that means is that blacks King is unable
to go anywhere on the B file due to the
control of the rooks on the B file so
when white is looking for a move white
will leave one rook who controls the B
file and it'll take the other rook and
control the C file ultimately forcing
the King to go then to the D file so
White's rook will simply play a check
and as I stated before blacks King is
unable to go to the B file due to the
remaining rook on the B file and it's
being checked on the C file forcing the
King to go to the D file now once the
King has approached or moved to the D
file we now need to control the D file
we have a rook controlling the B file
the other look controlling the C file
and now we must control the D file the
rook on the C file is still keeping our
opponents King from entering the C file
the rook on the B file is no longer
being actively used therefore the rook
on the B file will now be used to
control the D file the rook checks the
King on the D file and now due to the
fact that our other look is controlling
the C file the only file available for
our opponents King is to enter the
e-file and as he enters this key file we
will repeat the same pattern again we
have our work controlling the D file and
we must now control the e-file the rook
on the C file is no longer actively
actively being used so we will slide
that rook to the e-file and so on and so
forth we will drive the King into the
corner ultimately delivering a checkmate
now it is called a ladder checkmate
because the rooks move in tandem as if
they were steps on a ladder
strategically forcing the King to the
side of the board or ultimately we will
deliver a check mate
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