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 1180
matemateIn1middlegame
foundation
Rating 1181
discoveredCheckdoubleCheckendgame
foundation
Rating 1181
matemateIn1middlegame
foundation
Rating 1181
attackingF2F7matemateIn1
foundation
Rating 1181
endgamemastermate
foundation
Rating 1181
endgamemastermate
foundation
Rating 1181
endgamematemateIn1
foundation
Rating 1181
attackingF2F7matemateIn1
foundation
Rating 1181
endgamematemateIn1
foundation
Rating 1182
attackingF2F7matemateIn1
foundation
Rating 1182
endgamematemateIn1
foundation
Rating 1182
advancedPawnmatemateIn1
foundation
Rating 1183
matemateIn1middlegame
foundation
Rating 1184
endgamematemateIn1
foundation
Rating 1184
kingsideAttackmatemateIn1
foundation
Rating 1184
endgamematemateIn1
foundation
Rating 1185
endgamehookMatemaster
foundation
Rating 1185
endgamematemateIn1
foundation
Rating 1186
endgamematemateIn1
foundation
Rating 1186
matemateIn1oneMove
foundation
Rating 1186
mastermatemateIn1
foundation
Rating 1186
matemateIn1middlegame
foundation
Rating 1187
cornerMatematemateIn1
foundation
Rating 1187
matemateIn1middlegame
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