2500 chess exercises to train mate in 1 move. Easy? Very useful!
About Mate in 1 (Chess Puzzles)
Mate in 1 (Chess Puzzles) is a puzzle app developed by Chess King.
Download Statistics
Mate in 1 (Chess Puzzles) has been downloaded 350 thousand times. In the last 30 days, the app was downloaded 1.2 thousand times.
User Ratings
Mate in 1 (Chess Puzzles) is rated 4.70 out of 5 stars. The rating is based on 3.9 thousand ratings.
App Information
Mate in 1 (Chess Puzzles) is FREE to download. The APK download size is 18.19 MB. The latest version available is 5.8.0. The last update was on July 10, 2026.
Technical Requirements
The app has a content rating of Everyone. The app has been available on Google Play December 2015.
Description
If you are a beginner, you should practice much to mate in one move. This course provides excellent material for this training. The big number of exercises (2500) covers different methods of mating. Many of them is an excellent tool for speed training even for stronger players. This is a rare course that is intended even for players with USCF rating of 600. Even if you only study and solve 10% of the exercises, you will learn a huge number of mating patterns and probably never miss a mate in one again!
This course is in the series Chess King Learn (https://learn.chessking.com/), which is an unprecedented chess teaching method. In the series are included courses in tactics, strategy, openings, middlegame, and endgame, split by levels from beginners to experienced players, and even professional players.
With the help of this course, you can improve your chess knowledge, learn new tactical tricks and combinations, and consolidate the acquired knowledge into practice.
The program acts as a coach who gives tasks to solve and helps to solve them if you get stuck. It will give you hints, explanations and show you even striking refutation of the mistakes you might make.
Advantages of the program: ♔ High quality examples, all double-checked for correctness ♔ You need to enter all key moves, required by the teacher ♔ Different levels of complexity of the tasks ♔ Various goals, which need to be reached in the problems ♔ The program gives hint if an error is made ♔ For typical mistaken moves, the refutation is shown ♔ You can play out any position of the tasks against the computer ♔ Structured table of contents ♔ The program monitors the change in the rating (ELO) of the player during the learning process ♔ Test mode with flexible settings ♔ Possibility to bookmark favorite exercises ♔ The application is adapted to the bigger screen of a tablet ♔ The application does not require an internet connection ♔ You can link the app to a free Chess King account and solve one course from several devices on Android, iOS and Web at the same time
The course includes a free part, in which you can test the program. Lessons offered in the free version are fully functional. They allow you to test the application in real world conditions before releasing the following topics: 1. Few-figured positions 1.1. Rook checkmates 1.2. Queen checkmates 1.3. Bishop checkmates 1.4. Knight checkmates 1.5. Pawn checkmates 1.6. Any piece checkmates 2. Many-figured positions 2.1. Rook checkmates 2.2. Queen checkmates 2.3. Bishop checkmates 2.4. Knight checkmates 2.5. Pawn checkmates 2.6. Any piece checkmates 3. Complicated positions 3.1. Checkmates with help of the King 3.2. Underpromotions 3.3. Mate with pawn promotion 3.4. Discovered check 3.5. Double check 4. Any piece checkmates 4.1. Volume 1 4.2. Volume 2 4.3. Volume 3 4.4. Volume 4 4.5. Volume 5 4.6. Volume 6 4.7. Volume 7 4.8. Volume 8 4.9. Volume 9 4.10. Volume 10 4.11. Volume 11 4.12. Volume 12 4.13. Volume 13 4.14. Volume 14 4.15. Volume 15 4.16. Volume 16 4.17. Volume 17 4.18. Volume 18 4.19. Volume 19 4.20. Volume 20 4.21. Volume 21 4.22. Volume 22 4.23. Volume 23
Recent changes: * Added Czech and Korean translations * Show solved puzzles count on the home screen * Show best and worst subtopics on the statistics screen * Increased board size in the landscape mode * Feel free to share your experience via the feedback! * Various fixes and improvements
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Excellent app. . Great for chess beginners and enthusiasts.
★★★★★James Wallace· Aug 25, 2022
I'm a beginner at chess, and I'm learning pattern recognition from this app. Keep it up.
★★★★★Mayur Vispute· Dec 29, 2023
Awesome app... Very helpful to learn easy to difficult mating pattern with themes... Easy to use and very helpful for students coaches both
★★★★★Basko Arostegui· Mar 12, 2025
Best chess puzzles app I have ever found. Excellent and logical presentation with a bit of history on the answers, that keeps one motivated!
★★★★★Siddamma Dudekula· Jan 11, 2026
Super extraordinary teaching to mate in few moves
★★☆☆☆David Hite· Jun 18, 2021
Enjoyed at first, but upon reaching section 4.2 it began giving me no points for getting the solution correct saying that the exercise is lower than my rating and taking away 15 points for making a mistake. Why is it presenting me with puzzles it says are below my rating in the first place? The puzzles are just as difficult as ones that I was awarded points for solving and taking away 15 points for a mistake is brutal. Makes the game a chore rather than an enjoyment.
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