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Printable Mate in 1 Puzzles

Real positions from rated games. Narrow them by motif, difficulty or rating, then solve or print each one.

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.

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Positions come from real rated games. The answer key prints on the last page.

Mate in 1 — chess puzzle worksheet Name: ______________   Date: ______________
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#1 · white to move · rating 600
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#2 · black to move · rating 654
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#3 · black to move · rating 694
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#4 · white to move · rating 732
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#5 · black to move · rating 773
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#6 · white to move · rating 823
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#7 · white to move · rating 895
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#8 · black to move · rating 960
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#9 · white to move · rating 1048
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#10 · black to move · rating 1168
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#11 · white to move · rating 1355
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#12 · white to move · rating 2376

Answer key

  1. #1 (puzzle 025AE): Re7#
  2. #2 (puzzle 09t9E): Rh4#
  3. #3 (puzzle 0O3pY): Rf1#
  4. #4 (puzzle 03QYt): Qxf7#
  5. #5 (puzzle 0pVKT): Qe1#
  6. #6 (puzzle 07H2x): Qxh7#
  7. #7 (puzzle 0H1xg): Bxg6#
  8. #8 (puzzle 03bZX): Qb2#
  9. #9 (puzzle 00QkV): Re8#
  10. #10 (puzzle 06yez): Qc1#
  11. #11 (puzzle 09015): Qxf5#
  12. #12 (puzzle 0jbFz): Rxb6#

Positions from real rated games (CC0 data).