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 706
attackingF2F7matemateIn1
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Rating 706
endgamematemateIn1
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Rating 706
endgamematemateIn1
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Rating 706
cornerMatematemateIn1
foundation
Rating 706
matemateIn1middlegame
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Rating 707
endgamematemateIn1
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Rating 707
matemateIn1middlegame
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Rating 707
endgamematemateIn1
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Rating 707
matemateIn1oneMove
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Rating 707
mastermatemateIn1
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Rating 707
kingsideAttackmatemateIn1
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Rating 707
endgamemastermate
foundation
Rating 707
kingsideAttackmatemateIn1
foundation
Rating 707
matemateIn1middlegame
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Rating 707
attackingF2F7matemateIn1
foundation
Rating 707
kingsideAttackmatemateIn1
foundation
Rating 708
kingsideAttackmatemateIn1
foundation
Rating 708
matemateIn1middlegame
foundation
Rating 708
matemateIn1oneMove
foundation
Rating 708
backRankMateendgamemaster
foundation
Rating 708
endgamematemateIn1
foundation
Rating 708
endgamematemateIn1
foundation
Rating 708
kingsideAttackmatemateIn1
foundation
Rating 708
endgamemastermate
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