100 Checkmate Patterns
The mating patterns every player should recognise instantly, from back-rank mates to smothered mates.
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30 hand-picked puzzles in five themes: mate in one, mate in two, forks, pins and skewers, and discovered attacks, with hints and full explanations.
Free PDF download · No sign-up needed · Print on A4
Every puzzle comes from a real game and has been checked move by move, including every defence in the mate-in-two puzzles. The answers don’t just give the move: they explain the idea, so you recognise it the next time it appears in your own games.
Print it on A4, solve from the diagrams without moving the pieces, and use the tracker to come back to the ones you missed.
Beginners and club players rated roughly 600–1400, and coaches looking for a ready-made class worksheet.