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201 MATE IN ONE
PUZZLES
LEARN THE BASICS OF
CHESS
COMPILED BY
SHUBHAM SANJAY MALANI
RAJENDRA SALOKHE
COVER DESINGED BY
PRATIK SOMANI
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION TO CHESS 01-02
LEARN ALGEBRAIC CHESS NOTATIONS 03-06
MATE IN ONE MOVE [WHITE TO PLAY] 07-18
MATE IN ONE MOVE [BLACK TO PLAY] 19-29
SOLUTIONS 29-30
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INTRODUCTION TO CHESS
Chess is a two-player strategy board game played on a chessboard, a
checkered gameboard with 64 squares arranged in an 8×8 grid. The
game is played by millions of people worldwide. Chess is believed to
have originated in India. Each player begins with 16 pieces: one king,
one queen, two rooks, two knights, two bishops, and eight pawns.Each of
the six piece types moves differently,
ROOK BISHOP
Rooks move in a continuous line
forwards, backwards and side-to- Bishops move in continuous
side. diagonal lines in any direction.
KING
QUEEN
The queen moves in continuous The king can move in any direction,
diagonal and straight lines. one square at a time. A king cannot
Forward, backward and side-to-side move to a square that is under
attack by the opponent.
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KNIGHT PAWN
Knights are the only pieces that Pawns only move forward. On the
"jump" off the board. Unlike other first move a pawn can move one or
pieces they are not blocked if there two spaces, every subsequent move
are pieces between them and their can only be one space. Pawns move
destination square. diagonally to take opponents.
To make it easier to remember how
a knight moves think of an L. Two
spaces in a direction forward,
backward or side-to-side, and one
space at a right turn
PAWN PROMOTION
If a pawn reaches the opposite side of the board, it is promoted to a
higher piece (except king). There is no limit to how many pawns can be
promoted.
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LEARN ALGEBRAIC CHESS NOTATIONS
Algebraic chess notation, based on a system introduced by Philipp Stamma, is a
system for recording chess movements. Being more concise and less
ambiguous, algebraic chess notation has become the standard method for
recording chess moves, replacing the once popular system of descriptive chess
notation.
There are 64 squares on the chessboard (32 white, 32 dark), and each one has a
unique name denoted by the algebraic chess notation:
1. The vertical files (columns) are labeled a through h, starting from left to right
on White's side.
2. The horizontal ranks (rows) are numbered 1 through 8, starting from bottom
to top on White's side.
3. A given square on the chessboard is denoted by the lowercase file (column)
letter, followed by the rank (row) number. For example, g5 is the square
corresponding to the file g and rank 5.
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ç + + + +%
æ+ + + + %
å + + + +%
ä+ + + X %
ã + + + +%
â+ + + + %
á + + + +%
à+ + + + %
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Symbols used
K King
Q Queen
R Rook
N Knight
B Bishop
No symbol Pawn
# Check mate
x Piece captured
0-0 Short Castle
0-0-0 Long castle
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Denoting a move to an open square:
Write the capital letter which designates the piece, followed by the coordinate
of the destination square. For example, a knight going to the square f3 would
be denoted as Nf3
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ç + + + +%
æ+ + + + %
å + + + +%
ä+ + + + %
ã + + + +%
â+ + +n+ %
á + + + +%
à+ + + + %
/èéêëìíîï)
A pawn going to the square e4 would be denoted simply as e4. (Remember that
pawns do not get a letter).
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ç + + + +%
æ+ + + + %
å + + + +%
ä+ + + + %
ã + +p+ +%
â+ + + + %
á + + + +%
à+ + + + %
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Denoting a capture:
Each capture move is denoted by the letter of the piece, followed by a
lowercase x, then the coordinate of the destination square. For example, a
bishop capturing a piece at c4 would be denoted as Bxc4. Sometimes, the x will
be omitted.
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å + + + +%
ä+ + O + %
ã +o+p+ +%
â+ + + + %
ápPpP PpP%
àRnBqKbNr%
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å + + + +%
ä+ + O + %
ã +b+p+ +%
â+ + + + %
ápPpP PpP%
àRnBqKbNr%
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When a pawn makes a capture:
The file (column) from which the pawn departed is used in place of a piece
initial. Thus, a pawn on e4 captures a piece on d5 would be denoted as exd5, or
simply ed5 as the x is sometimes omitted.
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ä+ +o+ + %
ã + +p+ +%
â+ + + + %
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àRnBqKbNr%
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æOoO OoOo%
å + + + +%
ä+ +p+ + %
ã + + + +%
â+ + + + %
ápPpPpPpP%
àRnBqKbNr%
/èéêëìíîï)
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White to play
1_ 2_ 3_
4_ 5_ 6_
7_ 8_ 9_
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13_ 14_ 15_
16_ 17_ 18_
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ANSWERS
1 Re8# 2 Qe7# 3 Qg8# 4 Qg7#
5 Rg8# 6 Qh8# 7 Rh6# 8 Qg2#
9 Bg7# 10 Kf7# 11 Rh5# 12 Bd6#
13 Qh5# 14 Nc7# 15 Rc8# 16 Qf8#
17 Qg5# 18 Rf5# 19 Qxg8# 20 Qh4#
21 Rf8# 22 Qxh7# 23 Bh5# 24 Nb6#
25 Nc6# 26 b7# 27 Nxh6# 28 Qxe8#
29 Rxg6# 30 Qxa6# 31 Qe5# 32 Qg4#
33 Qb7# 34 d7# 35 b7# 36 Rh1#
37 Bf7# 38 f8=Q# 39 Rh2# 40 Bf3#
41 Nh6# 42 Bd4# 43 Rb7# 44 Rh7#
45 Re6# 46 Rxe7# 47 Rd6# 48 Bf1#
49 Bf5# 50 Bd8# 51 Be8# 52 Ra8#
53 Qh6# 54 Qf7# 55 Qf7# 56 Qe6#
57 Rb8# 58 Qh5# 59 Qe8# 60 Qe5#
61 Qc8# 62 Qd5# 63 Qf1# 64 Qb1#
65 Qh1# 66 Rd8# 67 Qe2# 68 Qf3#
69 Rxf4# 70 Qh7# 71 Qe4# 72 Rxf6#
73 Rh8# 74 Qg6# 75 Rd7# 76 Nf6#
77 Nd6# 78 Bb5# 79 Nc2# 80 Bxg5#
81 Nc5# 82 Re5# 83 Bd7# 84 a3#
85 Bd5# 86 Qae6# 87 Qae8# 88 Ra7#
89 Be5# 90 Bf6# 91 Nf7# 92 Ra3#
93 Rh3# 94 Ra6# 95 Qb3# 96 Qa3#
97 Qb3# 98 Qe5# 99 Qa8# 100 O-O-O#
101 O-O# 102 Bb2# 103 Qh8# 104 Qc5#
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105 Be6# 106 Bxb6# 107 Qxe6# 108 g4#
109 .. Qxf2# 110 .. Rg1# 111 .. Bd5# 112 .. Bxg2#
113 .. Qg3# 114 .. Re5# 115 .. Rf2# 116 .. Rc1#
117 .. Qd1# 118 .. Qg2# 119 .. Qf3# 120 .. Qh3#
121 .. Qf2# 122 .. Qg6# 123 .. Ba7# 124 .. Qh2#
125 .. Qg4# 126 .. Rh4# 127 .. Qa3# 128 .. Rf8#
129 .. Rf2# 130 .. Qd3# 131 .. Qxg2# 132 .. Bf6#
133 .. Qg1# 134 .. Qxh1# 135 .. Bf3# 136 .. h6#
137 .. Bd4# 138 .. Rxf1# 139 .. Rc1# 140 .. Qd4#
141 .. Rxf2# 142 .. Qg4# 143 .. Qxf2# 144 .. Qxb2#
145 .. Qh1# 146 .. Bf4# 147 .. Qxh2# 148 .. Qh6#
149 .. d6# 150 .. Nf3# 151 .. Qe1# 152 .. Rh1#
153 .. Qb1# 154 .. a1=Q# 155 .. Nb3# 156 .. Qxf1#
157 .. Rc2# 158 .. Qb2# 159 .. Bxd4# 160 .. Qh2#
161 .. Qe2# 162 .. Qxe4# 163 .. Qg2# 164 .. Re1#
165 .. Qe4# 166 .. Nb3# 167 .. f5# 168 .. Qb3#
169 .. Qxg2# 170 .. Qb2# 171 .. Rg4# 172 .. Qh2#
173 .. Qxh2# 174 .. Rxh2# 175 .. Qc1# 176 .. Rg1#
177 .. Qc4# 178 .. Qh2# 179 .. Qxh2# 180 .. Qxc2#
181 .. Qh1# 182 .. Rd1# 183 .. Re3# 184 .. Re3#
185 .. Bf1# 186 .. Qg4# 187 .. Rc2# 188 .. Rxe1#
189 Nxc5# 190 .. Bbc6# 191 .. Ba3# 192 .. c4#
193 .. gxh1=N# 194 .. Ng6# 195 .. Qxg2# 196 .. Qd1#
197 .. Qh1# 198 .. Qh4# 199 .. Ng3# 200 .. g5#
201 .. Qh2#
