Volume 5

Standard Checkmates: The Patterns Every Player Must Recognise

The recurring mating nets — back rank, Philidor's smothered mate, Arabian, Anastasia, Boden, the ladder, the h-file battery — shown first as pure pattern, then inside a real game, then as an exercise.

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What it covers

• Back rank and the ladder mate
• Smothered mate and the Arabian mate
• Anastasia's mate and Boden's mate
• The h-file battery
• Each pattern: pure diagram, then a real game, then an exercise

What you will be able to do

• Recognise the classic mating nets on sight, before calculating
• Convert an attack into a forced mate instead of a vague initiative
• See back-rank and h-file dangers in your own position in time
• Finish games cleanly under time pressure

Inside this volume

1. 1. Back rank and the ladder mate
2. 2. Smothered mate (Philidor's legacy)
3. 3. The Arabian mate
4. 4. Anastasia's mate
5. 5. Boden's mate
6. 6. The h-file battery and rook lift
7. 7. Each pattern: diagram, real game, exercise

Level: All levels · 250 A4 pages per volume