Week 10 worksheet: Checkmate in 2

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Lesson plan · Worksheet · Large print · Answer key · 12-week syllabus

Find the move in each picture and write it down in words (“rook takes the pawn on d7”), or in chess notation if you know it (Rxd7).

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Worked example. White to move: checkmate in 2.

Answer: Re8+ Rxe8 Rxe8#. Re8+ forces Rxe8 (the only reply), and Rxe8# mates on the back row.

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    1. White to move: checkmate in 2.

    Answer: ______________________

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    2. White to move. Checkmate in 2. (The other side just played Nxe4.)

    Answer: ______________________

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    3. White to move. Checkmate in 2. (The other side just played Qe5.)

    Answer: ______________________

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    4. Black to move. Checkmate in 2. (The other side just played fxg3.)

    Answer: ______________________

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    5. Black to move. Checkmate in 2. (The other side just played b3.)

    Answer: ______________________

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    6. White to move. Checkmate in 2. (The other side just played Kf8.)

    Answer: ______________________

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