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Yes! Another piece is missing! One less piece .on the board, but instead of a mate in three or four as the previous days, this one’s a mate in five. Why are these pieces disappearing? Who’s playing this game? Answer next time.

You’ll notice that today’s puzzle is different from the previous one in that a piece is missing. There’s still a mate though. The other part to this puzzle is that this series of puzzles is based on a story about a famous person. Thus, aside from the answer, we will give a shout out on this page to the reader who knows who the famous ...

From a very old chess tale. This is part one.

Mating Attack!

Another fun mate in three with the piece that moves to mate comes as a surprise.

A little magic by one of the greatest: Sam Loyd. A mate in three.

Pop quiz for beginners: do you know what to do right this instant without thinking, but knowing? Because these types of positions occur during the end of a game, you usually don’t have much time on the clock left; thus, you really have to know instantly what to do. Do you? If not, learn it!

White will win if he can safely queen his h-pawn, but Black threatens to play his pawn to e4 to stop it. What to do?

Let’s see if you remember the mating attack patterns we’ve done in the past.

A standard finish to a well-known mating attack.