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macmashpotato

https://www.chess.com/analysis/game/live/57916760131?tab=review
Computer says i missed a mate in one, SEVERAL times, i thought the game went great, can you help me see the mate in one i missed?

justbefair

Here's one. You should find it yourself.

It doesn't matter if it takes you an hour.

Keep trying.

DJ-KingstonK
Bg4 wins the queen.
DJ-KingstonK
Mate in one is Qe3
zone_chess

It says you missed black's checkmate, Qe3# or Ne4# wink.png

Instead of where your pieces are, look at where they can go. Analyse the vacant squares too. As you can see, your king is paralyzed.

Keep practicing and analysing thumbup

archaja

A checkmate must include a last check. That´s clear, I think.
So you have to have a look for checks, where the checking piece can´t be taken from a white piece (in this case) or let the King run away. The white King can´t move, so a check, that includes these conditions will win the game. 
Here it is Qe3# or Nd4#. There are several other moves to check the white King, but they all faile: Bc3+ could be answered with bxc3, Be3+ let the king go out to d3 or c3, Qd3+ is countered with cxd3 as well as Qc3+ with bxc3. There are no other checks. That is the process of elimination.

macmashpotato
archaja wrote:

A checkmate must include a last check. That´s clear, I think.
So you have to have a look for checks, where the checking piece can´t be taken from a white piece (in this case) or let the King run away. The white King can´t move, so a check, that includes these conditions will win the game. 
Here it is Qe3# or Nd4#. There are several other moves to check the white King, but they all faile: Bc3+ could be answered with bxc3, Be3+ let the king go out to d3 or c3, Qd3+ is countered with cxd3 as well as Qc3+ with bxc3. There are no other checks. That is the process of elimination.

At my first blunder, there was a chance for a forced checkmate after several consecutive checks.