5511 real-game puzzles in this collection
What is a mate in 1?
One move ends the game. The challenge is pure board vision: seeing the single square where check meets no escape.
How to spot it
Scan every check systematically — queen first, then rooks, bishops, knights, pawns. One of them covers every flight square.
What this set trains
Speed and accuracy drills for beginners, warm-ups for everyone else. The foundation of all mating vision.
Foundation: 4630Developing: 722Challenging: 154Advanced: 5
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Rating 640
doubleBishopMateendgamemate
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Rating 640
matemateIn1middlegame
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Rating 640
backRankMatematemateIn1
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Rating 640
mastermatemateIn1
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Rating 640
hangingPiecekingsideAttackmate
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Rating 640
endgamematemateIn1
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Rating 640
endgamematemateIn1
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Rating 641
endgamematemateIn1
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Rating 641
kingsideAttackmatemateIn1
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Rating 641
matemateIn1middlegame
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Rating 641
matemateIn1middlegame
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Rating 641
mastermatemateIn1
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Rating 641
kingsideAttackmatemateIn1
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Rating 642
matemateIn1middlegame
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Rating 642
backRankMatehangingPiecemate
foundation
Rating 642
kingsideAttackmastermate
foundation
Rating 642
kingsideAttackmatemateIn1
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Rating 642
matemateIn1middlegame
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Rating 642
endgamemastermate
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Rating 643
matemateIn1middlegame
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Rating 643
endgamematemateIn1
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Rating 643
endgamemastermate
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Rating 644
endgameepauletteMatemate
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Rating 644
backRankMateendgamemaster
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