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Mate in One
White to move. Deliver mate in a single move. Any legal mating move counts.
What is checkmate?
Check is a direct attack on the king. Checkmate is check with no legal escape — the king can't move, block, or capture the attacker.
Look for: back rank mates (king boxed in by its own pawns), king-and-queen box mates, ladder mates with two rooks, smothered mates by a knight when the king is trapped by its pieces.
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