Blogs, unlike articles, have somewhat limited exposure due to their nature. 
A long time ago I had made a series of postings on mating patterns and traps that have seemingly been well received.  Since blogs tend to be ill-exposed, I thought I'd put links to the postings here for anyone interested in this aspect of chess:

  Checkmates:

• Mating Patterns, Part 1
• Mating Patterns, Part 2
• Mating Patterns, Part 3
• How individual Pieces Mate
• How Combined Pieces Mate 

  Traps:

• Part 1
• Part 2
• Part 3
• Part 4
• Part 5
• Part 6
• Part 7
• Part 8
  

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Thanks bg - I had already bookmarked them in one place except 'how individual pieces mate' and 'how combined pieces mate'. I had missed them somehow. Bookmarked in same place now.. [firefox -> bookmarks -> games -> chess -> batgirl -> MatingPatterns]

wow the crazy thing about this thread is a few minutes before you created it I was actively searching for your mating patterns posts and just now I was looking for the trap article!

thanks

Cool !!!

Thanks !!!

I should be working through these daily until I have them down pat.  Rehashed only days ago and told myself then I would be back but... Thanks for the reminder!