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Printable Mate in 1 Puzzles
Search 49,500 locally indexed real-game positions, narrow them by motif, difficulty or rating, then play each stored tactical line directly on the board without an upstream connection.
Printable worksheet
12 mate in 1 puzzles, every difficulty, with answer key
One move ends the game. The challenge is pure board vision: seeing the single square where check meets no escape.
Positions from the Lichess open puzzle database (CC0). The answer key prints on the last page.
Mate in 1 — chess puzzle worksheet
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Answer key
- Puzzle 025AE: h2h3 → b7e7 (the first move is the opponent’s setup move)
- Puzzle 09t9E: g4h5 → d4h4 (the first move is the opponent’s setup move)
- Puzzle 0O3pY: g1g2 → f4f1 (the first move is the opponent’s setup move)
- Puzzle 03QYt: f4g3 → f2f7 (the first move is the opponent’s setup move)
- Puzzle 0pVKT: a4b5 → c3e1 (the first move is the opponent’s setup move)
- Puzzle 07H2x: c6e5 → h5h7 (the first move is the opponent’s setup move)
- Puzzle 0H1xg: h4g6 → d3g6 (the first move is the opponent’s setup move)
- Puzzle 03bZX: b1a1 → b6b2 (the first move is the opponent’s setup move)
- Puzzle 00QkV: f7f6 → e7e8 (the first move is the opponent’s setup move)
- Puzzle 06yez: g1f3 → g5c1 (the first move is the opponent’s setup move)
- Puzzle 09015: h7h6 → f6f5 (the first move is the opponent’s setup move)
- Puzzle 0jbFz: d6d5 → c6b6 (the first move is the opponent’s setup move)
Source: Lichess open puzzle database · database.lichess.org · CC0