Checkmate Tactics
While there are many important type of tactical motifs, finding a checkmate is one foundational type of puzzle.
There are so many different checkmate patterns, and they emerge quite often in blitz or bullet games. You could find a checkmate in the opening, in the middle-game and also in the endgame as the king is typically more exposed with less protection.
Let's present two puzzles ( you can try to find the solution or click ? for solution each time)./
Let's call this part the warm-up series
1.White to play
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2.White to play
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ok now lets find checkmates which are either a bit less obvious to spot, or needing longer variations.
lets call this the intermediate level.
3.Black to play and checkmate !
4.White to play and checkmate !
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and now the final part with two checkmates which I like quite a bit. one is from a well-known opening the Nimzo-Indian and the other one features a nice 2nd move. Good luck !
5.Black to play and checkmate !
6.Black to play and checkmate !
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I hope you enjoyed this small selection of tactics and puzzles ....
