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    • Weekly Puzzle: Issue #2

      It's legals mate or if they take the knight, queen takes bishop and you win a pawn. | Read More

      • Eckels
      • | May 28, 2013
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    • Correspondence game

      A game I played in correspondence chess, It is called legals mate. | Read More

      • HardieUK
      • | Aug 27, 2012
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    • Simple mate patterns 32

      Thanks to all my readers. Here is the last post in the series, with link to all the previous posts. Please bookmark, it you need a reference. Good luck in chess, and make sure you have fun too.. http://blog.chess.com/airbus/simple-mate-patterns-i... | Read More

      • airbus
      • | Nov 26, 2010
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    • Simple mate patterns 20

      More simple mate patterns. Try to solve them, is isn't too difficult. But try to remember the patterns. They could be really helpful on a rainy day. LEGALS MATE Kemur Sire de Legal, born in the French province Brittany circa 1702, was a leading ... | Read More

      • airbus
      • | Oct 19, 2010
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    • Legal's Mate

      This is one way to execute legals mate. | Read More


  • Back Rank Mates

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    A back rank mate is when a rook or queen check cannot be escaped from.   Also, it can occurr when the piece defending the back rank is pinned. Finally, a back rank checkmate works if the defender cannot block. Back rank mates are howevr on... Read More »

  • Prophylaxis

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    In chess, Prophylaxis means guarding or preventing a move before it is made. A prophylactic move usually haults the opponent from taking action in an area. One example of prophylaxis is, when the king is buried behind a wall of pawns, moving a paw... Read More »

  • Boden's Mate

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    Here is a famous mate which occurs when white(or black) sacrifices his queen in the queen-side: Read More »

  • Blackburne's Mate

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    Note how the white bishops are raking the black king position.White sacrifices the queen with Qxh5 gxh5.Having forced open the diagonal leading to Black's king,White plays Bh7 checkmate.The bishop is protected by the knight on g5. Read More »

  • Mating Patterns

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    Hi! This is Chessking47 (or CK47) writing about Mating Patterns. First, Anastasia's Mate.              I hope you enjoyed that cute mate. Now, the mate can be applied more strikingly. Combine decoy and clearance sacrifice.   Â... Read More »