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1000 Chess Exercises Special Mate in 2 Moves Practise and progress with the best tactical schemes 1000 chess exercises Special Mate in 2 moves Beginner and 1amateur level Play online chess on Chess.com Play and Learn Chess on the #1 Site! * Learn to play in minutes * Play against the computer or thousands of players around the world * Solve many tactical problems every day * Videos and lessons from chess grandmasters *** Click on the image below to go to Chess.com *** or copy and paste the Chess.com website address into your browser: https://www.chess.com/?ref_id=21530754 2 Lys Bleu Editions - Regis Warisse 1000 chess exercises Special Mate in 2 moves © Lys Bleu Editions https://www.lysbleueditions.com/ Regis Warisse - ISBN : 978-2-37877-153-9 http://www.1000exercices.info/ 3 SUMMARY Introduction ................................................................................ 5 Mate exercises in 2 moves ....................................................... 7 Exercise Solutions .................................................................. 183 Links and acknowledgements ............................................... 198 4 Introduction Special mat tactical exercises in 2 moves Chess is 99% a tactical story! All grandmasters are unanimous on the subject. Beginners and club players must imperatively be aware of this maxim. The fastest and most effective way to improve your chess performance is to increase your tactical skills, so that you can see at a glance the winning tactical patterns. There is no doubt that the best way to acquire good tactical vision is to do exercises that teach you to recognize the tactical elements that make up each combina- tion. This book focuses on the crucial positions that every chess player needs to know. It cannot be overemphasized that knowledge of strategy is of little use if you have not first mastered the fundamentals of tactics. Good exercises to all! 5 Robert James “Bobby” Fischer “All things being equal, it is the conviction that wins. Allied to a will to win, it serves as a de- tonator, arouses ideas, disperses doubts, and helps to think clearly.” - Robert James Fischer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby_Fischer 6 Mate in 2 moves 7 1 - Black to move 2 - Black to move Mate in 2 moves - Solutions page 175 3 - White to move 4 - Black to move 5 - Black to move 6 - White to move 8 7 - White to move 8 - White to move Mate in 2 moves - Solutions page 175 9 - Black to move 10 - White to move 11 - Black to move 12 - White to move 9 13 - White to move 14 - White to move Mate in 2 moves - Solutions page 175 15 - White to move 16 - Black to move 17 - White to move 18 - White to move 10 19 - Black to move 20 - White to move Mate in 2 moves - Solutions page 175 21 - Black to move 22 - White to move 23 - White to move 24 - White to move 11 25 - Black to move 26 - White to move Mate in 2 moves - Solutions page 175 27 - Black to move 28 - White to move 29 - Black to move 30 - White to move 12 31 - White to move 32 - White to move Mate in 2 moves - Solutions page 175 33 - White to move 34 - Black to move 35 - Black to move 36 - White to move 13 37 - White to move 38 - White to move Mate in 2 moves - Solutions page 175 39 - Black to move 40 - Black to move 41 - Black to move 42 - White to move 14 43 - Black to move 44 - Black to move Mate in 2 moves - Solutions page 175 45 - Black to move 46 - White to move 47 - White to move 48 - White to move 15 49 - Black to move 50 - White to move Mate in 2 moves - Solutions page 175 51 - White to move 52 - Black to move 53 - Black to move 54 - White to move 16 55 - White to move 56 - White to move Mate in 2 moves - Solutions page 175 57 - Black to move 58 - Black to move 59 - White to move 60 - Black to move 17 61 - Black to move 62 - Black to move Mate in 2 moves - Solutions page 175 63 - White to move 64 - White to move 65 - White to move 66 - Black to move 18 67 - White to move 68 - White to move Mate in 2 moves - Solutions page 175 69 - Black to move 70 - White to move 71 - White to move 72 - White to move 19 73 - Black to move 74 - Black to move Mate in 2 moves - Solutions page 175 75 - Black to move 76 - White to move 77 - White to move 78 - White to move 20 79 - White to move 80 - White to move Mate in 2 moves - Solutions page 175 81 - White to move 82 - Black to move 83 - Black to move 84 - White to move 21 85 - White to move 86 - White to move Mate in 2 moves - Solutions page 175 87 - White to move 88 - Black to move 89 - Black to move 90 - White to move 22 91 - White to move 92 - Black to move Mate in 2 moves - Solutions page 175 93 - White to move 94 - Black to move 95 - White to move 96 - Black to move 23 97 - White to move 98 - Black to move Mate in 2 moves - Solutions page 175 99 - White to move 100 - Black to move 101 - White to move 102 - Black to move 24 103 - White to move 104 - Black to move Mate in 2 moves - Solutions page 175 105 - White to move 106 - Black to move 107 - White to move 108 - Black to move 25 109 - White to move 110 - Black to move Mate in 2 moves - Solutions page 175 111 - White to move 112 - Black to move 113 - White to move 114 - Black to move 26 115 - White to move 116 - Black to move Mate in 2 moves - Solutions page 175 117 - White to move 118 - Black to move 119 - White to move 120 - Black to move 27 121 - White to move 122 - Black to move Mate in 2 moves - Solutions page 123 - White to move 124 - Black to move 125 - White to move 126 - Black to move 28 127 - White to move 128 - Black to move Mate in 2 moves - Solutions page 129 - White to move 130 - Black to move 131 - White to move 132 - Black to move 29 133 - White to move 134 - Black to move Mate in 2 moves - Solutions page 135 - White to move 136 - Black to move 137 - White to move 138 - Black to move 30 139 - White to move 140 - Black to move Mate in 2 moves - Solutions page 141 - White to move 142 - Black to move 143 - White to move 144 - Black to move 31 145 - White to move 146 - Black to move Mate in 2 moves - Solutions page 147 - White to move 148 - Black to move 149 - White to move 150 - Black to move 32 151 - White to move 152 - Black to move Mate in 2 moves - Solutions page 153 - White to move 154 - Black to move 155 - White to move 156 - Black to move 33 157 - White to move 158 - Black to move Mate in 2 moves - Solutions page 159 - White to move 160 - Black to move 161 - White to move 162 - Black to move 34 163 - White to move 164 - Black to move Mate in 2 moves - Solutions page 165 - White to move 166 - Black to move 167 - White to move 168 - Black to move 35 169 - White to move 170 - Black to move Mate in 2 moves - Solutions page 171 - White to move 172 - Black to move 173 - White to move 174 - Black to move 36 175 - White to move 176 - Black to move Mate in 2 moves - Solutions page 177 - White to move 178 - Black to move 179 - White to move 180 - Black to move 37 181 - White to move 182 - Black to move Mate in 2 moves - Solutions page 183 - White to move 184 - Black to move 185 - White to move 186 - Black to move 38 187 - White to move 188 - Black to move Mate in 2 moves - Solutions page 189 - White to move 190 - Black to move 191 - White to move 192 - Black to move 39 193 - White to move 194 - Black to move Mate in 2 moves - Solutions page 195 - White to move 196 - Black to move 197 - White to move 198 - Black to move 40 199 - White to move 200 - Black to move Mate in 2 moves - Solutions page 201 - White to move 202 - Black to move 203 - White to move 204 - Black to move 41 205 - White to move 206 - Black to move Mate in 2 moves - Solutions page 207 - White to move 208 - Black to move 209 - White to move 210 - Black to move 42 211 - White to move 212 - Black to move Mate in 2 moves - Solutions page 213 - White to move 214 - Black to move 215 - White to move 216 - Black to move 43 217 - White to move 218 - Black to move Mate in 2 moves - Solutions page 219 - White to move 220 - Black to move 221 - White to move 222 - Black to move 44 223 - White to move 224 - Black to move Mate in 2 moves - Solutions page 225 - White to move 226 - Black to move 227 - White to move 228 - Black to move 45 229 - White to move 230 - Black to move Mate in 2 moves - Solutions page 231 - White to move 232 - Black to move 233 - White to move 234 - Black to move 46 235 - White to move 236 - Black to move Mate in 2 moves - Solutions page 237 - White to move 238 - Black to move 239 - White to move 240 - Black to move 47 241 - White to move 242 - Black to move Mate in 2 moves - Solutions page 243 - White to move 244 - Black to move 245 - White to move 246 - Black to move 48 247 - White to move 248 - Black to move Mate in 2 moves - Solutions page 249 - White to move 250 - Black to move 251 - White to move 252 - Black to move 49 253 - White to move 254 - Black to move Mate in 2 moves - Solutions page 255 - White to move 256 - Black to move 257 - White to move 258 - Black to move 50 259 - White to move 260 - Black to move Mate in 2 moves - Solutions page 261 - White to move 262 - Black to move 263 - White to move 264 - Black to move 51 265 - White to move 266 - Black to move Mate in 2 moves - Solutions page 267 - White to move 268 - Black to move 269 - White to move 270 - Black to move 52 271 - White to move 272 - Black to move Mate in 2 moves - Solutions page 273 - White to move 274 - Black to move 275 - White to move 276 - Black to move 53 277 - White to move 278 - Black to move Mate in 2 moves - Solutions page 279 - White to move 280 - Black to move 281 - White to move 282 - Black to move 54 283 - White to move 284 - Black to move Mate in 2 moves - Solutions page 285 - White to move 286 - Black to move 287 - White to move
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