Mate in 1 (Chess Puzzles)

Name: Mate in 1 (Chess Puzzles)
Rating: 4.6831684 (4203 reviews)
Author: Chess King

2500 chess exercises to train mate in 1 move. Easy? Very useful!

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Mate in 1 (Chess Puzzles) offers a comprehensive training course featuring 2500 carefully selected mate-in-one exercises designed to enhance your chess skills. Ideal for beginners with a USCF rating of 600 and beyond, this extension helps you master various mating patterns and tactics to never miss a mate-in-one opportunity again.

Part of the Chess King Learn series, this course includes multiple difficulty levels, interactive hints, error refutations, and a rating system to track progress. The extension works offline, syncs across devices, and offers a structured curriculum with exercises ranging from simple rook checkmates to complex discovered checks and pawn promotions. Start with a free trial and elevate your chess game today!

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By:: Chess King
Downloads:: 321,485+ 362
Rating:: 4.68
(4,203) 8 new ratings
Version:: 3.4.0 (Last updated: 2025-01-29)
Version code:: 10000022
Creation date:: 2015-12-30
Permissions:: android.permission.ACCESS_ADSERVICES_AD_ID
android.permission.ACCESS_ADSERVICES_ATTRIBUTION
android.permission.ACCESS_ADSERVICES_TOPICS
android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE
android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE
android.permission.INTERNET
android.permission.POST_NOTIFICATIONS
android.permission.WAKE_LOCK
com.android.vending.BILLING
com.chessking.android.learn.matein1.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION
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Size:: 26.73M
Email:: an*****@chessking.com
URLs:: Website ,Privacy policy
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Source:: Google Play Store
Updated:: 13 hours ago

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User reviews

Mate in 1 (Chess Puzzles) is a well-regarded, affordable app especially suitable for beginners and intermediate players to learn and practice checkmate patterns. Users appreciate its progressive difficulty, diverse puzzles, and educational value for all ages. Some drawbacks include the presence of ads without an ad-free option, a somewhat harsh rating system, minor interface concerns, and desire for more features.

Pros

Great for beginners and intermediate players to learn mating patterns and improve chess skills.
Puzzles increase in difficulty progressively and cover a wide range of mating motifs.
App is fun, engaging, and helps develop intuition and pattern recognition in chess.
Affordable price with a large number of curated puzzles offering great value.
Useful for students, coaches, and chess enthusiasts of all ages, including children.

Cons

Presence of ads can be annoying and there seems to be no paid version to remove them in the free app.
The rating system may be discouraging as users lose rating points for mistakes and find it hard to increase rating despite consecutive correct solves.
Some users find the interface initially confusing or have minor issues with the hint system.
Lack of certain features such as level-by-level course visibility or additional levels requested by users.

Recent reviews

This is a good way for beginners to get a feel for the board and how the pieces move and coordinate. I'm not a very strong player, definitely under 2000 ELO. I confess that I still like to relax and play through these, I think they help me spot deeper mates.