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16 Checkmate Puzzles

This document contains 16 chess checkmate puzzles of varying difficulties from two to three moves. It provides the puzzles, divided into sections by difficulty, along with their solutions on subsequent pages. The puzzles are intended to help readers improve their chess skills through practice with checkmate scenarios. Brief advertisements for chess websites and programs are included at the end.

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16 Checkmate Puzzles

This document contains 16 chess checkmate puzzles of varying difficulties from two to three moves. It provides the puzzles, divided into sections by difficulty, along with their solutions on subsequent pages. The puzzles are intended to help readers improve their chess skills through practice with checkmate scenarios. Brief advertisements for chess websites and programs are included at the end.

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=16 Chess Checkmate Puzzles=

On direct checkmate By Bohdan Vovk On direct checkmate

16 Chess Checkmate Puzzles


Simple Beauties

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Table of Contents
Introduction ................................. 3 4 5 8

The Two-mover Chess Puzzles ........ The Three-mover Chess Puzzles ......... The Solutions .....................................

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3 Introduction Dear Reader, Thank you for downloading this Chess pdf eBook. You will find here 16 Chess Checkmate Puzzles. Simple Beauties... Specially selected, they are 4 Two-movers and 12 Three-movers. You can see Page 12 for Chess Site and Chess Product Advertisement. Please enjoy solving and welcome to the world of chess. To your Success! Sincerely, Bohdan Vovk http://www.chesselo.com http://www.chesscalculatorprogram.com

4 The Two-mover Chess Puzzles 1-4 (1) Euwe M (2) Kubbel L

Mate in 2 See the Solutions on Page 8

Mate in 2

(3) Morphy P

(4) Hoholoush I

Mate in 2 See the Solutions on Page 8

Mate in 2

5 The Three-mover Chess Puzzles 5-8 (5) Vjurzburg O (6) Loyd S

Mate in 3 See the Solutions on Page 9

Mate in 3

(7) Sheron A

(8) Galitsky A

Mate in 3 See the Solutions on Page 9

Mate in 3

6 The Three-mover Chess Puzzles 9-12 (9) Loyd S (10) Chini D

Mate in 3 See the Solutions on Page 10

Mate in 3

(11) Dali P

(12) Kipping C

Mate in 3 See the Solutions on Page 10

Mate in 3

7 The Three-mover Chess Puzzles 13-16 (13) Havel M (14) Chini D

Mate in 3 See the Solutions on Page 11

Mate in 3

(15) Havel M

(16) Hoffman

Mate in 3 See the Solutions on Page 11

Mate in 3

8 The Solutions 1-4 (Two-movers) (1) Euwe M 1. Qd6 cd 2. Rc1# ...or... 1. c6 2. Qb8# Return to the Puzzle on Page 4 (2) Kubbel L 1. Qa2 Kxa8 2. c8=Q# ...or... 1. Nc8 2. d8=N# Return to the Puzzle on Page 4 (3) Morphy P 1. Rh6 gh 2. g7# ...or... 1. B~ 2. Rxh7# Return to the Puzzle on Page 4 (4) Hoholoush I 1. Bc7 Rxa1+ 2. Bb1# ...or... 1. Rxh8 2. Kf2# Return to the Puzzle on Page 4

9 The Solutions 5-8 (Three-movers) (5) Vjurzburg O 1. Qg7 Ke2 2. Qd4 Kf3 Return to the Puzzle on Page 5

3. Qe4#

(6) Loyd S 1. Qd6 Ke8 2. Qe5 ...or... 1. Kg7 2. e8=Q Return to the Puzzle on Page 5 (7) Sheron A 1. Nf5 Bxh8 2. Ng7 Return to the Puzzle on Page 5 (8) Galitsky A 1.Qe1 Bxb1 2. Qd1 ...or... 1. Bg8 2. Bc2+ Return to the Puzzle on Page 5

10 The Solutions 9-12 (Three-movers) (9) Loyd S 1. Qf1 Bd4 2. Qd3 g6 3. Qxd4# 1. ... Bb2 2. Qb1 1. ... g3 2. Ng6+ 1. ... h6 2. Qb1 Return to the Puzzle on Page 6 (10) Chini D 1. Ba5+ Ka6 2. Bb6 Return to the Puzzle on Page 6 (11) Dali P 1. Rh3 b3 2. Rh1 Return to the Puzzle on Page 6 (12) Kipping C 1. Kb5 e1=Q 2. Kb6 Qb1+ 1. ... Rg5 2. Kb6 Rxd5 Return to the Puzzle on Page 6

...or ...or ...or

3. Ncb4# 3. Nc7#

...or...

11 The Solutions 13-16 (Three-movers) (13) Havel M 1. Kh2 Ke1 2. Ne3 d1=Q 1. ... Kc1 2. Nc3 Return to the Puzzle on Page 7 (14) Chini D 1. Rh8 Bxh8 2. Rg7 Bxg7 1. Bg3+ 2. Kxe2 Return to the Puzzle on Page 7 (15) Havel M 1. Bc1 e6 2. Rd2 Kf4 Return to the Puzzle on Page 7

3. Ng2#

...or

3. Be3#

...or...

3. Rd4#

(16) Hoffman 1. e8=B Kxf6 2. g8=R ...or... 1. Kxd6 2. c8=R Return to the Puzzle on Page 7

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