Mate in 2 · White
Deflect the bishop
Force the defender away from f7, then let the knight finish the attack.
DeflectionSolve →
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See the mating net before it appears.
Practice forced mate in 2, 3 and 4 from real and composed positions. Learn the pattern first, then solve it without move notation.
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Mate in 2 · Black
Queen sacrifice on a3
Drag the king onto the a-file and finish with the rook.
Queen sacrificeSolve →
Mate in 3 · White
Decoy the king
Use two forcing queen checks to pull the king onto the square where the knights can mate.
DecoySolve →
Mate in 3 · Black
Rook opens the king
Sacrifice the rook to expose the king, then walk the queen into the mating square.
ClearanceSolve →
Mate in 4 · White
Deflection chain
Pull two defenders away in sequence, then use the pawns to deliver the final mate.
DeflectionSolve →
Mate in 4 · Black
Promotion-side mating net
Use repeated checks to pull the king across the queenside before the queen closes the net.
King huntSolve →
You take the white pieces
Paul Morphy
against Duke Karl II of Brunswick and Count Isouard de Vauvenargues
Paris · 1858
Mate in 2 · White
The Opera Game
Take the winning side in this historic position and find the forced finish.
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You take the white pieces
Adolf Anderssen
against Lionel Kieseritzky
London · 1851
Mate in 3 · White
The Immortal Game
Take the winning side in this historic position and find the forced finish.
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You take the white pieces
Adolf Anderssen
against Jean Dufresne
Berlin (traditionally reported) · 1852
Mate in 4 · White
The Evergreen Game
Take the winning side in this historic position and find the forced finish.
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You take the white pieces
Edward Lasker
against George Alan Thomas
London · 1912
Mate in 2 · White
Lasker’s king hunt
Take the winning side in this historic position and find the forced finish.
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You take the black pieces
Rashid Nezhmetdinov
against Lev Polugaevsky
Sochi · 1958
Mate in 3 · Black
Nezhmetdinov’s masterpiece
Take the winning side in this historic position and find the forced finish.
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