Checkmate. That’s the aim of the game. There are numerous ways to checkmate the enemy king, but there are common patterns that recur over and over again, and having these at our mental fingertips is essential for when we want to finish the game. More
01: Position 1 - Construct the mate (example); Construct the mate - queen - solution (example); Construct the mate - 1; Construct the mate -1 - solution [02:38]
02: Position 2 - Construct the mate - 2 - ; Construct the mate - 2 - solution [00:50]
03: Position 3 - Construct the mate - 3 - ; Construct the mate - 3 - solution [01:01]
04: Position 4 - Construct the mate - 4 - ; Construct the mate - 4 - solution [01:02]
05: Position 5 - Construct the mate - 5 - ; Construct the mate - 5 - solution [01:20]
06: Position 6 - Construct the mate - 6 - ; Construct the mate - 6 - solution [00:50]
07: Position 7 - Construct the mate - 7 - ; Construct the mate - 7 - solution [01:35]
08: Position 8 - Construct the mate - 8 - ; Construct the mate - 8 - solution [01:23]
09: Position 9 - Construct the mate - 9 - ; Construct the mate - 9 - solution [01:46]
10: Position 10 - Construct the mate - 10 - ; Construct the mate - 10 - solution 1; Construct the mate - 10 - solution 2; Construct the mate - 10 - solution 3; Construct the mate - 10 - solution 4; Construct the mate - 10 - solution 5; [03:33]
Level 3
01: Position 1 - Hjartarson,J - Aradhya,G [02:24]
02: Position 2 - Mohota,N - Deviatkin,A [02:47]
03: Position 3 - Nezad,H - Jones,G [03:03]
04: Position 4 - Luukkonen,T - Sadhwani,R [02:08]
05: Position 5 - King,D - Britton,R [05:53]
06: Position 6 - King,D - Krasenkow,M [03:59]
07: Position 7 - Basic Q+B mate - [03:19]
08: Position 8 - Ptaszek,P - Lis,M [02:28]
09: Position 9 - Kotronias,V - King,D [02:05]
10: Position 10 - Carlsen,M - Karjakin,S [02:13]
Level 4
01: Position 1 - King,D - Lane,G [04:01]
02: Position 2 - Rakic - Govedarica [02:00]
03: Position 3 - Skvortsov,O - Anand,V [03:08]
04: Position 4 - Kuemin,S - Cebalo,M [04:47]
05: Position 5 - Berescu,A - Cheparinov,I [03:49]
06: Position 6 - Czebe,A - Deshmukh,A [03:34]
07: Position 7 - Caceres Bolano,K - Gomez Cifuentes,H [02:55]
08: Position 8 - Brkic,A - Bukal,V [03:11]
09: Position 9 - Jones,G - Jobava,B [04:07]
10: Position 10 - Hein,R - Figura,A [03:25]
Level 5
01: Position 1 - Carlsen,M - Nepomniachtchi,I [04:09]
02: Position 2 - Oussedik,E - So,W [01:27]
03: Position 3 - Mareco,S - Nakamura,H [02:07]
04: Position 4 - Ortiz Suarez,I - Ivanchuk,V [03:04]
05: Position 5 - Morris,P - King,D [01:28]
06: Position 6 - Rabinovich - Grigoriev [01:08]
07: Position 7 - Hansen,C - King,D [03:24]
08: Position 8 - Alekhine,A - Frieman,A [04:46]
09: Position 9 - Sharke - Neindauer [02:15]
10: Position 10 - Capablanca,J - Thomas,G [06:55]
Level 6
01: Position 1 - Emanuel Lasker - (composed) [01:32]
02: Position 2 - Netzer,J - Guezennec,F [03:52]
03: Position 3 - König - Cornforth [07:20]
04: Position 4 - Potel,Z - Barlov,A [03:16]
05: Position 5 - Fazekas - Spielmann [01:53]
06: Position 6 - Tkachiev,V - Watson,W [05:15]
07: Position 7 - Jobava,B - Lopez Martinez,J [05:51]
08: Position 8 - French Advance Variation - Milner-Barry Gambit [05:04]
09: Position 9 - Keres,P - Szabo,L [05:11]
10: Position 10 - Oparin,G - Nepomniachtchi,I [03:52]
Level 7
01: Position 1 - Kravtsiv,M - Ding,L [02:50]
02: Position 2 - Gelfand,B - Inarkiev,E [01:49]
03: Position 3 - Krykun,Y - Barski,R [02:01]
04: Position 4 - Borisenko,G - Simagin,V [04:19]
05: Position 5 - Study by L. Borgstrom - [04:57]
06: Position 6 - Guardian - 2nd April 2016 [04:01]
07: Position 7 - Razuvaev,Y - Beliavsky,A [02:56]
08: Position 8 - Richard Reti (study) - [03:27]
09: Position 9 - Osintsev - [07:51]
10: Position 10 - Copie (study) - [07:16]
Level 8
01: Position 1 - Carlsen,M - Gretarsson,H [04:01]
02: Position 2 - Kjartansson,G - Fedorchuk,S [02:49]
03: Position 3 - King,D - Howell,D [02:10]
04: Position 4 - Azmaiparashvili,Z - Shirov,A [05:59]
05: Position 5 - Mekhitarian,K - Rathnakaran,K [05:33]
06: Position 6 - Kraus,T - Zakhartsov,V [05:28]
07: Position 7 - Bareev,E - Akopian,V [02:45]
08: Position 8 - Caruana,F - Ponomariov,R [01:48]
09: Position 9 - Alonso Rosell,A - Fedorchuk,S [02:02]
10: Position 10 - Can,E - Robson,R [03:28]
Level 9
01: Position 1 - Anand,V - Gelfand,B [02:43]
02: Position 2 - Hansen,M - Prosviriakov,V [02:33]
03: Position 3 - Castrillon Gomez,M - Soler,S [04:10]
04: Position 4 - Sobura - Sarada [05:14]
05: Position 5 - Tal,M - Tringov,G [04:39]
06: Position 6 - Keene,R - Miles,A [06:19]
07: Position 7 - Navara,D - Michiels,B [03:02]
08: Position 8 - Humburg,P - Hundrieser,M [02:33]
09: Position 9 - Sunye Neto,J - Kasparov,G [03:26]
10: Position 10 - Kasparov,G - Smirin,I [04:53]
Level 10
01: Position 1 - Hebden,M - Ledger,A [02:26]
02: Position 2 - Carlsen,M - Orujov,A [03:49]
03: Position 3 - Anderssen - [03:10]
04: Position 4 - Dizdarevic,E - Miles,A [08:14]
05: Position 5 - Tal,M - Portisch,L [04:32]
06: Position 6 - Forintos - Tomovic [03:03]
07: Position 7 - Short,N - Timman,J [05:32]
08: Position 8 - Penrose,J - Popov,L [06:47]
09: Position 9 - Lolli - [06:44]
10: Position 10 - Wei,Y - Bruzon Batista,L [12:30]
PROPERTIES
Language:
English, German
Level:
any
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
Minimum:
Computer: Dual Core Memory: 2 GB RAM Operating System: Windows 7 or 8.1 Graphics Card: 256 MB RAM Other: Windows Media Player 9, ChessBase 14/Fritz 16 or included Reader and internet access for program activation
Recommended:
Processor: PC Intel i5 (Quadcore) Memory: 4 GB RAM Operating System: Windows 10, DirectX 11 Graphics Card: 512 MB RAM and more Other: DirectX10-compatible sound card, Windows Media Player 11 and internet access for program activation
ChessBase Account:
Internet access and modern web browser, e.g. Chrome, Edge, Safari.
