There's a lot of different thought processes, but most of them will probably revolve around the following:
- looking for possible checkmate patterns (ie. trying to imagine what the final position might look like, where the opponent is in checkmate)
- looking at all checks to see if it forces mate.
- looking at all ways to threaten to checkmate - can it be stopped?
Post an example and I'm sure some folks will write what they thought about in solving it, which might be the best way!
Hi everyone! I've signed up to Chess.com because I'm having a huge problem with my lines of thinking...
I haven't played in years, but all of a sudden I have caught the chess bug massively! I've downloaded Lucas Chess to straight training and I've smashed my way through 'Training Mate in One' with no problems at all.
However, I've moved on to 'Training Mate in Two' and I'm completely stumped. I don't even know where to begin. I've sat staring at some of the puzzles for an hour moving the different pieces, and I just can't figure what to do.
Am I missing a key line of thinking? How does everyone else go about solving mate in two (or three, or four)? Any advice would be greatly appreciated. :)