Gauntlet: Mate in One 1
Part of the Checkmate Patterns I section of Coddy's Tactics & Checkmates journey. Lesson 31 of 40.
Fifty mates in one from real games, in no particular order. Nobody tells you which pattern it is: that is the point. For each board, find every check, and for each check ask who guards the landing square and where the king could run. The first ten are the gentlest.
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Position 1 of 10
PlayBlack to move. Their knight went pawn-hunting on the queenside. Mate in one.
All 10 positions
All lessons in Checkmate Patterns I
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