hich of the following is not a method of checkmate?

Back rank checkmate

Fork mate

Smothered mate

Fool's mate

1 answer

The term that is not a recognized method of checkmate is "Fork mate."

The other three terms, Back rank checkmate, Smothered mate, and Fool's mate, refer to specific ways to achieve checkmate in a chess game. A "fork," on the other hand, is a tactic where a single piece attacks two or more of the opponent's pieces at the same time, but it is not a checkmate technique.