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Does this qualify as a smothered mate?

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Every square next to the enemy king is occupied although not every square next to the enemy king is occupied by its own pieces. I sacrificed many of my pieces to get to this checkmate.
32Ne6# is definitely a smothered mate...

I wouldn't consider your mate a smothered mate because it was a rook, and not a knight.
Perhaps another reasonable move would have been... 29. Ne6#

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