Epaulette mate

In an epaulette mate the queen checks the king along a rank or file, and the king's own pieces, often both rooks, block the flight squares on either side. Those pieces sit like epaulettes on the king's shoulders.

If the enemy king is between two of its own pieces on the edge, a queen check from the front can be mate.

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