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🔥 Tactic Zone—Can You Crack These?
🧩 Puzzle 1: Mate in Two
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Black to play and mate in two
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🧩 Puzzle 2: Mate in Three
White to play and mate in three (Arabian Mate)
🧩 Puzzle 3: Mate in two
Black to play and mate in two
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📘 Mini-Lesson of the day: [Smothered Mate]
Today’s theme is about smothered mate in chess.
💡 Key Insights:
A smothered mate is a checkmate where the king is completely surrounded by its own pieces, leaving it unable to escape. This type of checkmate is typically delivered by a knight, which can jump over the surrounding pieces. It often occurs in the corner of the board, requiring only three of the king's own pieces to block its escape routes
Let us see an example to understand this
Black to play and mate in three
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Nb3 Kb1 Qc1 Rc1 Ncd2#
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