Day 4: Mate in 1
Lesson of the day
Mate in one: the combination is over, only the final precise shot remains. The method is simple — list every check you have and test the three escapes against each: king moves, blocks, and capturing the checker. If none of them works, it is mate. The classic blunder is falling in love with the first check you see and missing the one escape hatch.
Warm-up
White to move — find the best continuation
Black to move — find the best continuation
White to move — find the best continuation
Black to move — find the best continuation
White to move — find the best continuation
White to move — find the best continuation
White to move — find the best continuation
White to move — find the best continuation
Black to move — find the best continuation
Black to move — find the best continuation
Core set
Black to move — find the best continuation
Black to move — find the best continuation
White to move — find the best continuation
White to move — find the best continuation
White to move — find the best continuation
Black to move — find the best continuation
White to move — find the best continuation
White to move — find the best continuation
White to move — find the best continuation
Black to move — find the best continuation
Black to move — find the best continuation
Black to move — find the best continuation
White to move — find the best continuation
White to move — find the best continuation
White to move — find the best continuation
Challenge
White to move — find the best continuation
White to move — find the best continuation
White to move — find the best continuation
Review
White to move — find the best continuation
White to move — find the best continuation
Day complete — every puzzle solved. See you tomorrow!
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