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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kingsideAttackmastermate
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matemateIn1oneMove
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matemateIn1middlegame
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matemateIn1middlegame
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attackingF2F7matemateIn1
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mastermatemateIn1
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matemateIn1middlegame
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endgamematemateIn1
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endgamematemateIn1
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backRankMateendgamemate
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endgamematemateIn1
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matemateIn1oneMove
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matemateIn1middlegame
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endgamematemateIn1
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matemateIn1oneMove
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kingsideAttackmatemateIn1
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endgamemastermasterVsMaster
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matemateIn1oneMove
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Rating 660
endgamehangingPiecemate
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kingsideAttackmatemateIn1
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endgamemastermate
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Rating 660
endgameepauletteMatemate
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Rating 660
endgamemastermasterVsMaster
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Rating 660
matemateIn1middlegame
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