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[[FILE:Xeque-mate.jpg|border|right|thumb|link=https://sites.google.com/site/caroluschess/famous-people/artists/maria-helena-vieira-da-silva|[[Arts#daSilva:Category:Maria Helena Vieira da Silva|Maria Helena Vieira da Silva]] - Xeque Mate, 1949 <ref>[https://sites.google.com/site/caroluschess/famous-people/artists/maria-helena-vieira-da-silva Maria Helena Vieira da Silva - Carolus Chess]</ref> ]]

''Mate at a Glance'' was introduced in 1978 by [[John Birmingham]] and [[Peter Kent]] at [[Advances in Computer Chess 2]], as implemented in their ''Minimax algorithm Tester [[Master]]'', and published 1980 in the conference proceedings <ref>[[John Birmingham]] and , [[Peter Kent]] ('''1980'''). ''Mate at a Glance.'' [[Advances in Computer Chess 2]], reprinted in [[Computer Chess Compendium]]</ref>. Some mate pattern were implemented in various programs, as known for instance from [[Rebel]] <ref>[https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=209405 Re: Static Mate Detection] by [[Ed Schroder|Ed Schröder]], [[CCC]], January 23, 2002</ref>, [[Chess System Tal]] <ref>[https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=12822 move count frequency] by [[Chris Whittington]], [[CCC]], December, 08, 1997</ref>, [[XiniX]] and [[IsiChess]] <ref>[https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=209201 Static Mate Detection] by [[Gerd Isenberg]], [[CCC]], January 22, 2002</ref> . Some programmers apply ''Mate at a Glance'' only for cheap and simple cases which occur frequently, like obvious [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Back_rank_checkmate back rank mates], some close mates with the [[Queen|queen]], and possibly mates with [[Knight|knight]] like the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smothered_mate smothered mate]. A few programmers apply more general, but also likely more complicated and error-prone pattern.

* [[John Birmingham]] and , [[Peter Kent]] <ref>In the ICGA Database John Birmingham is mentioned as sole author</ref> ('''1980'''). ''Mate at a Glance.'' [[Advances in Computer Chess 2]], reprinted in [[Computer Chess Compendium]]