Chess · Stage 0: The board

Checkmate, stalemate and other draws

The goal of chess is checkmate: the king is attacked and has no way out. Stalemate looks similar and is a draw.

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It is Black to move. What is this?

More practice, free: Mate-in-one puzzles from real games, on Lichess.

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