Week 3 worksheet: Back-rank checkmate (large print)

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 1.

Answer: Rb8#. The rook attacks the whole back row and the black pawns block the king. # means checkmate.

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    1. White to move: checkmate in 1.

    Answer: ______________________

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    2. Black to move: checkmate in 1.

    Answer: ______________________

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    3. White to move: checkmate in 1.

    Answer: ______________________

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    4. Black to move: checkmate in 1.

    Answer: ______________________

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    5. White to move. Find the checkmate. (The other side just played Qxb2.)

    Answer: ______________________

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    6. Black to move. Find the checkmate. (The other side just played Rxf8.)

    Answer: ______________________

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