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Mate in 1 puzzles

One move ends the game. These puzzles train you to see every check and to notice when the king has no squares left.

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White to move. Mate in one.

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White to move. Mate in one.

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How to find a mate in one

  1. Look at every checkBefore anything else, list each move that gives check. One of them is mate.
  2. Count the king’s squaresFind the squares the king can step to. The mating move covers all of them.
  3. Check the defendersA check is only mate if the checking piece cannot be captured and the check cannot be blocked.

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