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
foundation
Rating 1071
endgamematemateIn1
foundation
Rating 1071
matemateIn1middlegame
foundation
Rating 1072
endgamemastermate
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Rating 1072
matemateIn1middlegame
foundation
Rating 1072
matemateIn1oneMove
foundation
Rating 1073
endgamematemateIn1
foundation
Rating 1073
endgamematemateIn1
foundation
Rating 1073
matemateIn1middlegame
foundation
Rating 1073
endgamemastermate
foundation
Rating 1073
endgamematemateIn1
foundation
Rating 1073
matemateIn1oneMove
foundation
Rating 1074
endgamemastermasterVsMaster
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Rating 1074
endgamemastermate
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Rating 1074
endgamematemateIn1
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Rating 1074
matemateIn1middlegame
foundation
Rating 1075
endgamematemateIn1
foundation
Rating 1075
mastermatemateIn1
foundation
Rating 1075
endgamemastermate
foundation
Rating 1075
matemateIn1middlegame
foundation
Rating 1075
matemateIn1middlegame
foundation
Rating 1075
matemateIn1middlegame
foundation
Rating 1075
dovetailMatematemateIn1
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Rating 1076
matemateIn1middlegame
foundation
Rating 1076
endgamemastermate
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