That's because a mate in two is quite often an easy combination in the head's calculations. You see the opposing king in danger...and you calculate out the moves.
Whereas sudden mate in one situations are often missed because we do not expect them or look for them very proactively.
Remember that Kramnik (or which GM was it) missed a mate in one?
That's because a mate in two is quite often an easy combination in the head's calculations. You see the opposing king in danger...and you calculate out the moves.
Whereas sudden mate in one situations are often missed because we do not expect them or look for them very proactively.
Remember that Kramnik (or which GM was it) missed a mate in one?
Huh, that's interesting. So do most people have this same statistic?
It all depends on the time control as well. The quicker the time control, the more likely any sudden mate in one will be missed.
I am not sure of the statictics of the players myself, but I myself tend to miss mates-in-one frequently in my own games as I do not expect sudden chances on my side.
I remember at one point of time for puzzles (back then the stats for individual tactic categories were available), I only obtained around 60% to 65% of my mate-in-one puzzles correctly, and this is in itself very disappointing.
EDIT: Found the page, and I just checked that my mate-in-one rate is only 54%.
This is how often I miss checkmate in 1 vs. checkmate in 2 in my rapid games. Could anyone explain why this might be happening or how to fix it?