Mate-in-one puzzle 1 · Black to move
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Qe3xe1
FEN: 6k1/5pp1/7p/P2p4/3P2Q1/4qP2/6PP/4R2K b - - 0 32
Chess Moment · Puzzles
Mate-in-one puzzles
One move, and the game is over. Twelve positions to train the checkmate pattern your eye should find before it looks at anything else.
The lesson behind it: Check, checkmate, stalemate
Mate-in-one puzzle 2 · White to move
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Qg3xg7
FEN: 5B2/6pk/2p2p2/3p1q1p/3P3P/3bPPQ1/5KP1/8 w - - 14 46
Mate-in-one puzzle 3 · Black to move
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Rd8-d1
FEN: 3r2k1/pb3p2/6pQ/4p1Bp/P7/2P5/6RP/7K b - - 0 37
Mate-in-one puzzle 4 · Black to move
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Qc7xh2
FEN: r1b2rk1/1pqpppb1/p5p1/2P4p/N2NP1n1/8/PPP1BPPP/R2Q1RK1 b - - 3 12
Mate-in-one puzzle 5 · White to move
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Qd4xg7
FEN: r4rk1/1pp2ppp/6b1/1P1n2q1/Pp1Q4/8/1B1N1PP1/4R1K1 w - - 0 24
Mate-in-one puzzle 6 · Black to move
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d2xe1=Q
FEN: 3r3k/6b1/7p/4p1p1/8/PQP3P1/1P1p2PP/4R2K b - - 0 45
Mate-in-one puzzle 7 · White to move
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Rc2xc8
FEN: 2r2k1r/q4p2/p2p4/1B1Pp1Q1/7p/1N3Pn1/PPR3PK/8 w - - 10 30
Mate-in-one puzzle 8 · White to move
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Qb7xg7
FEN: r4rk1/pQ4p1/3p3p/1Np4P/2P5/1PB1qp2/P3P3/R4K2 w - - 0 26
Mate-in-one puzzle 9 · White to move
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Ng5xf7
FEN: r1b4k/pp1p1rpB/4pp2/n3P1NQ/1q1P1n2/8/PP3PPP/R4K1R w - - 0 19
Mate-in-one puzzle 10 · White to move
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g6xf7
FEN: r2qkn2/pp1bbn2/2ppp1P1/8/3P2r1/2NBB3/PPP3PP/R4RK1 w q - 0 16
Mate-in-one puzzle 11 · Black to move
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Qa8xg2
FEN: q4rk1/6p1/p2p3p/1p3R2/3N4/2P1n2P/PP4P1/R3Q1K1 b - - 0 24
Mate-in-one puzzle 12 · Black to move
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Qh6-h1
FEN: 6rr/8/p1kpRn1q/1ppp1Q2/5P2/2P3N1/PP3B2/3R2K1 b - - 0 30
Where these positions come from
Positions come from the Lichess puzzle database, dedicated to the public domain under CC0 1.0. Player names and game links are not retained. https://database.lichess.org/#puzzles