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Step by Step: MateMark Donlan
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Step by Step: Mate Step by Step: Mate is designed to improve your visualization skills. The premise is simple, try solving for mate from the first diagram. For best results, set the position up on the board and think for as long as you need without moving the pieces. If you are unable to solve for mate, refer to the diagrams below in which you can solve Step by Step for mate in one, mate in two, etc. You can also print out this page and use it as a workbook exercise in a classroom setting. Spaces are provided for answers to be written; occasionally there will be positions that allow for two similar moves from the defender. Solve for Black to mate
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Black mates in one
1)__________ __________ Black mates in two
1)__________ __________ 2)__________ __________ Black mates in three
1)__________ __________ 2)__________ __________ 3)__________ __________ Source Game: Van der Weide – Timman, NED-ch Rotterdam (7), 1997 Answer: Timman missed 49...Bxg3+ 50.fxg3 Rg2+ 51.Kh1 Nxg3# Instead, the game ended 49....Rg2+ 50.Kh1 Rxf2 51.Rxf3 Nxg3+ 52.Rxg3 Bxg3 0-1 © 2012 Mark Donlan. All Rights Reserved. A PDF file of this week's Step by Step puzzle, along with all previous puzzles, is available in the ChessCafe.com Archives. Comment on this week's puzzle via our Contact Page. |
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