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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.
!""""""""#
ç + + + +%
æ+ + + + %
å + + + +%
ä+ + + X %
ã + + + +%
â+ + + + %
á + + + +%
à+ + + + %
/èéêëìíîï)
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

!""""""""#
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).

!""""""""#
ç + + + +%
æ+ + + + %
å + + + +%
ä+ + + + %
ã + +p+ +%
â+ + + + %
á + + + +%
à+ + + + %
/èéêëìíîï)
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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.
!""""""""#
çtMvWlVmT%
æOo+o+oOo%
å + + + +%
ä+ + O + %
ã +o+p+ +%
â+ + + + %
ápPpP PpP%
àRnBqKbNr%
/èéêëìíîï)
!""""""""#
çtMvWlVmT%
æOo+o+oOo%
å + + + +%
ä+ + O + %
ã +b+p+ +%
â+ + + + %
ápPpP PpP%
àRnBqKbNr%
/èéêëìíîï)
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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.
!""""""""#
çtMvWlVmT%
æOoO OoOo%
å + + + +%
ä+ +o+ + %
ã + +p+ +%
â+ + + + %
ápPpP PpP%
àRnBqKbNr%
/èéêëìíîï)
!""""""""#
çtMvWlVmT%
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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White to play

10_ 11_ 12_

13_ 14_ 15_

16_ 17_ 18_

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White to play

19_ 20_ 21_

22_ 23_ 24_

25_ 26_ 27_

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White to play

28_ 29_ 30_

31_ 32_ 33_

34_ 35_ 36_

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White to play

37_ 38_ 39_

40_ 41_ 42_

43_ 44_ 45_

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White to play

46_ 47_ 48_

49_ 50_ 51_

52_ 53_ 54_

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White to play

55_ 56_ 57_

58_ 59_ 60_

61_ 62_ 63_

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White to play

64_ 65_ 66_

67_ 68_ 69_

70_ 71_ 72 _
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White to play

73_ 74_ 75_

76_ 77_ 78_

79_ 80_ 81_

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White to play

82_ 83_ 84_

85_ 86_ 87_

88_ 89_ 90_

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White to play

91_ 92_ 93_

94_ 95_ 96_

97_ 98_ 99_

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White to play

100_ 101_ 102_

103_ 104_ 105_

106_ 107_ 108_

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Black to play

109_ 110_ 111_

112_ 113_ 114_

115_ 116_ 117_

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Black to play

118_ 119_ 120_

121_ 122_ 123_

124_ 125_ 126_

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Black to play

127_ 128_ 129_

130_ 131_ 132_

133_ 134_ 135_

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Black to play

136_ 137_ 138_

139_ 140_ 141_

142_ 143_ 144_

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Black to play

145_ 146_ 147_

148_ 149_ 150_

151_ 152_ 153_

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Black to play

154_ 155_ 156_

157_ 158_ 159_

160_ 161_ 162_

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Black to play

163_ 164_ 165_

166_ 167_ 168_

169_ 170_ 171_

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Black to play

172_ 173_ 174_

175_ 176_ 177_

178_ 179_ 180_

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Black to play

181_ 182_ 183_

184_ 185_ 186_

187_ 188_ 189_

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Black to play

190_ 191_ 192_

193_ 194_ 195_

196_ 197_ 198_

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Black to play

199_ 200_ 201_

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#