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Chessable.com](and Video course at Chessable.com)  \nNew In Chess 2022  \nContents  \nIntroduction  ....................................................... 7  \nExplanation of symbols  ............................................9  \nEXERCISES A Basic test  ........................................ 11  \nCHAPTERS Checkmate patterns  ........................... 23  \nChapter 1 Anastasia’s mate  ................................ 24  \nChapter 2 Greco’s mate  .................................... 28  \nChapter 3 Arabian mate  .................................... 37  \nChapter 4 Hook mate  ...................................... 41  \nChapter 5 Vukovic’s mate  .................................. 45  \nChapter 6 Smothered mate  ................................ 50  \nChapter 7 Suffocation mate  ................................ 55  \nChapter 8 Corner mate  ..................................... 63  \nChapter 9 Morphy’s mate  .................................. 65  \nChapter 10 Pillsbury’s mate  ................................. 68  \nChapter 11 Opera mate  ..................................... 72  \nChapter 12 Lol li’s mate  ...................................... 82  \nChapter 13 Damiano’s mate  ................................. 86  \nChapter 14 Max Lange’s mate  ............................... 90  \nChapter 15 Damiano’s bishop mate  ......................... 93  \nChapter 16 Dovetail mate  .................................. 105  \nChapter 17 Swallow’s tail mate  ............................. 115  \nChapter 18 David & Goliath mate  ........................... 121  \nChapter 19 Boden’s mate  .................................. 133  \nChapter 20 Balestra mate  .................................. 137  \nChapter 21 Double knights mate  .......................... 140  \nChapter 22 Double bishops mate  .......................... 144  \nChapter 23 Blackburne’s mate  ............................. 152  \nChapter 24 Blind swine mate  ............................... 156  \nChapter 25 Epaulette mate  ................................. 158  \nChapter 26 Back rank mate  ................................ 161  \nChapter 27 Lawn mower mate  ............................. 170  \nChapter 28 Triangle mate  ................................... 180  \nChapter 29 Kill box mate  ................................... 185  \nChapter 30 Mate in the opening  ........................... 189  \nExercises B Warming up test  ............................... 197  \nExercises C Advanced test  ..................................235  \nExercises D Final test  .......................................285  \nSolutions A Basic test  .......................................305  \nSolutions B Warming up test  .............................. 309  \nSolutions C Advanced test  ..................................327  \nSolutions D Final test  ....................................... 359  \nAfterword  .......................................................373  \nIndex of mate names  ........................................... 374  \nIntroduction  \nThe chapters  \nThis book starts with a basic test (A), then there are 30 checkmate pattern chapters, 1 warming up test, 1 advanced test and 1 final test.  \nThe point of doing the basic test first before you are given any instruction is not to solve all of the exercises correctly the first time, although if you do, that’s great. The idea here is to help you identify which patterns you struggle with first. The names of the 30 checkmate patterns chapters and the informational sections are based on various sources I could find. My main sources were www. [chessgames.com](chessgames.com), [www.wikipedia.org](www.wikipedia.org) [and www.chesstempo.com](and www.chesstempo.com).  \nEach of these 30 chapters has one or more short but instructive informational sections to give you an idea how a certain checkmate pattern can be executed. 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