Table of Contents
Introduction 7
Explanation of symbols 9
Exercises A Basic test 11
Chapters Checkmate patterns 23
Chapter 1 Anastasia's mate 24
Chapter 2 Greco's mate 28
Chapter 3 Arabian mate 37
Chapter 4 Hook mate 41
Chapter 5 Vukovic's mate 45
Chapter 6 Smothered mate 50
Chapter 7 Suffocation mate 55
Chapter 8 Corner mate 63
Chapter 9 Morphy's mate 65
Chapter 10 Pillsbury's mate 68
Chapter 11 Opera mate 72
Chapter 12 Lolli's mate 82
Chapter 13 Damiano's mate 86
Chapter 14 Max Lange's mate 90
Chapter 15 Damiano's bishop mate 93
Chapter 16 Dovetail mate 105
Chapter 17 Swallow's tail mate 115
Chapter 18 David & Goliath mate 121
Chapter 19 Boden's mate 133
Chapter 20 Balestra mate 137
Chapter 21 Double knights mate 140
Chapter 22 Double bishops mate 144
Chapter 23 Blackburne's mate 152
Chapter 24 Blind swine mate 156
Chapter 25 Epaulette mate 158
Chapter 26 Back rank mate 161
Chapter 27 Lawnmower mate 170
Chapter 28 Triangle mate 180
Chapter 29 Kill box mate 185
Chapter 30 Mate in the opening 189
Exercises B Warming up test 197
Exercises C Advanced test 235
Exercises D Final test 285
Solutions A Basic test 305
Solutions B Warming up test 309
Solutions C Advanced test 327
Solutions D Final test 359
Afterword 373
Index of mate names 374
