Mastery: Misc

Basic Checkmates and More

By Chess.com Team

"Basic Checkmates and ...." presents some of the most common checkmating patterns and a few other basic concepts.

Back Rank Mate
- 1 challenge
Checkmate Practice
- 1 challenge
Past the Guards
- 1 challenge
All by Herself
- 1 challenge
Solo Flight
- 1 challenge
Helpful Servant
- 1 challenge
Maximum Cooperation
- 1 challenge
Boxed In
- 1 challenge
The Point
- 1 challenge
Before Reinforcements Arrive
- 1 challenge
Side Shot
- 1 challenge
See Through
- 1 challenge
Execution
- 1 challenge
Variations on a Theme
- 1 challenge
A Classic
- 1 challenge
Another Classic
- 1 challenge
Bullseye
- 1 challenge
Side Rank Shot
- 1 challenge
Weak Dark Squares
- 1 challenge
Heavy Pieces Do The Trick
- 1 challenge
Papal Edict
- 2 challenges
Deadly Bishops
- 1 challenge
Lots of Pins
- 1 challenge
Scholarly Stuff
- 1 challenge
Queenside Scholar
- 1 challenge
Death on a Dark Diagonal
- 1 challenge
Long Range Bomber
- 1 challenge
Criss Cross Diagonals
- 1 challenge
Double Barrel Shotgun
- 1 challenge
Cover Me, I'm Going In
- 1 challenge
With a Little Help from My Friends
- 1 challenge
Watch My Back
- 1 challenge
A Knight and His Lady
- 1 challenge
In My Way
- 1 challenge
Sinister Dealings
- 1 challenge
Not So Fast, There!
- 1 challenge
Pseudo Philidor
- 1 challenge
Which Way?
- 1 challenge
Horsefeathers
- 1 challenge
On the Open Road
- 1 challenge
Long Reach of the Law
- 1 challenge
Johnny Mnemonic
- 1 challenge
A Mirror
- 1 challenge
An Early Shower
- 1 challenge
Epaulettes
- 1 challenge
Rare, But Cute
- 1 challenge
Did You Get the License Plate?
- 1 challenge
Excommunicated!
- 1 challenge
Simple Minds
- 1 challenge
Sideslip
- 1 challenge
Sidekick
- 1 challenge
Foot Caught in the Switch
- 1 challenge
Ecumenical Assistance
- 1 challenge
Precarious Timing
- 1 challenge
The Thousand and One Nights
- 1 challenge
Missed Opportunity
- 1 challenge
Summertime Blues
- 1 challenge
Rude Waiter
- 1 challenge
Hot Corner
- 1 challenge
Was a Pin, Now a Win
- 1 challenge
Cavalry Officer
- 1 challenge
Two Birds, One Stone
- 1 challenge
Locked Myself In
- 1 challenge
King in the Open

White's lead in development is the important factor.
- 1 challenge
Three's the Charm
- 5 challenges
Perpetual Motion
- 4 challenges
The Importance of King Safety
- 1 challenge
Why We Castle
- 2 challenges
Castling Practice
- 1 challenge
An Elegant Finale
- 1 challenge
Stalemate Practice
- 1 challenge
Kamikaze
- 1 challenge
Zugzwang
- 2 challenges
Breaking the Pin
- 1 challenge
The Open File
- 1 challenge
Things to Avoid
- 1 challenge
Challenging the File
- 2 challenges
Short Cuts: Maneuvering the Knight
- 2 challenges

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