White to play and checkmate in one move

Problems 037 to 048

37

How many checkmates in one move?

(Tomislav Petrovic - Kings and Pawns, 1996)

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10 solutions

1. c8=Q#!

1. c8=B#!

1. e8=Q#!

1. e8=R#!

1. g8=Q#!

1. g8=B#!

1. cxd5#!

1. exd5#!

1. exf5#!

1. gxf5#!


Date added: 20/7/2022

38

Checkmate in 1 move

(Oskar E. Vinje - The Fairy Chess Review, 1938)

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1.Rd6-d8 ? Examine position, black must move, not white!
1.... h5 2. Rh6#
1.... h6 2. Rxh6#

Date added: 20/7/2022

39

(Boris Dmitrievich Pustovoj - Омская правда, 1971)

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1. Qc4#!


Date added: 20/7/2022

40

(Friedrich Theodor Steudel - feenschach, 1975)

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1. Qh2#!

Date added: 20/7/2022

41

Checkmate in 1 move

(Nikita Mihajlovich Plaksin - Вечерний Донецк, 1978)

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Rf3#!? Examine position, black must move, not white!

1. ...Rh1#!


Date added: 12/7/2022

42

(Karel Traxler vs Jan Samanek - "Broken Mirror" (game of the day May-12-2009) Osyky (1900), Osyky u Lomnice AUH )

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1. Qg7#!

Date added: 21/7/2022

43

(Werner Frangen - feenschach, 1975)

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1.Nxf7#!

Date added: 21/7/2022

44

(Unknown Composer)

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1. . Bxc6#! e.p.


Date added: 5/1/2023

45

(Unknown Composer)

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1. gxh7#!


Date added: 12/7/2022

46

How many checkmates in one move?

(Werner Keym - Allgemeine Zeitung Mainz, 1970)

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1.f8=Q#!
1.f8=R#!
1.Qh2#!
1.Qh6#!
1.Qb8#!
1.Qe5#!
1.Qd4#!
1.Qf6#!
1.Qh4#!

Date added: 13/1/2023

47

(Werner Frangen - feenschach, 1975)

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1. Qxb7!


Date added: 13/1/2023

48

(Werner Frangen - feenschach, 1975)

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1. Re1!


Date added: 13/1/2023