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
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advancedPawnendgamemaster
foundation
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endgamematemateIn1
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matemateIn1middlegame
foundation
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hangingPiecematemateIn1
foundation
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matemateIn1oneMove
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matemateIn1middlegame
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mastermatemateIn1
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matemateIn1middlegame
foundation
Rating 666
endgamematemateIn1
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anastasiaMatematemateIn1
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Rating 666
endgamemastermasterVsMaster
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Rating 666
endgamematemateIn1
foundation
Rating 666
matemateIn1middlegame
foundation
Rating 667
kingsideAttackmatemateIn1
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Rating 667
endgamematemateIn1
foundation
Rating 667
endgamemastermate
foundation
Rating 667
kingsideAttackmatemateIn1
foundation
Rating 667
matemateIn1middlegame
foundation
Rating 667
attackingF2F7matemateIn1
foundation
Rating 667
hangingPiecematemateIn1
foundation
Rating 667
matemateIn1middlegame
foundation
Rating 667
hangingPiecematemateIn1
foundation
Rating 667
attackingF2F7matemateIn1
foundation
Rating 667
matemateIn1middlegame
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