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Checkmate patterns 1

Each puzzle is a forced mate in two using a different pattern. Find the key move and the mate that follows.

You are hopelessly behind on material, but the enemy king cannot escape your checks. Find the drawing mechanism.

No theme is given. Each position hides a different idea: decoys, discovered attacks and knight checks that end in mate.

Strategic ideas that win material by force: trapping a badly placed piece, occupying an outpost with a double attack, and invading the seventh rank.

Sacrifices and deflections where every move forces the reply: Boden's mate, Anastasia's mate, Legal's mate and a queen sacrifice into a knight fork.

Not every winning move is a check or a capture. Pawn breakthroughs, the opposition and Reti's famous king walk show the power of a quiet move.