Position 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
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
Position 2 · White to move
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Qg3xg7
FEN: 5B2/6pk/2p2p2/3p1q1p/3P3P/3bPPQ1/5KP1/8 w - - 14 46
Position 3 · Black to move
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Rd8-d1
FEN: 3r2k1/pb3p2/6pQ/4p1Bp/P7/2P5/6RP/7K b - - 0 37
Position 4 · Black to move
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Qc7xh2
FEN: r1b2rk1/1pqpppb1/p5p1/2P4p/N2NP1n1/8/PPP1BPPP/R2Q1RK1 b - - 3 12
Position 5 · White to move
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Qd4xg7
FEN: r4rk1/1pp2ppp/6b1/1P1n2q1/Pp1Q4/8/1B1N1PP1/4R1K1 w - - 0 24
Position 6 · Black to move
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d2xe1=Q
FEN: 3r3k/6b1/7p/4p1p1/8/PQP3P1/1P1p2PP/4R2K b - - 0 45
Position 7 · White to move
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Rc2xc8
FEN: 2r2k1r/q4p2/p2p4/1B1Pp1Q1/7p/1N3Pn1/PPR3PK/8 w - - 10 30
Position 8 · White to move
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Qb7xg7
FEN: r4rk1/pQ4p1/3p3p/1Np4P/2P5/1PB1qp2/P3P3/R4K2 w - - 0 26
Position 9 · White to move
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Ng5xf7
FEN: r1b4k/pp1p1rpB/4pp2/n3P1NQ/1q1P1n2/8/PP3PPP/R4K1R w - - 0 19
Position 10 · White to move
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g6xf7
FEN: r2qkn2/pp1bbn2/2ppp1P1/8/3P2r1/2NBB3/PPP3PP/R4RK1 w q - 0 16
Position 11 · Black to move
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Qa8xg2
FEN: q4rk1/6p1/p2p3p/1p3R2/3N4/2P1n2P/PP4P1/R3Q1K1 b - - 0 24
Position 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