Mating patterns
Blind swine mate
By Antoine TamanoUpdated
Two rooks on the seventh rank mate a king in the corner.
The blind swine mate is served as a rated puzzle at every level, and the scan finds the ones you missed and names the motif when it is sure of it. Its journey, a lesson, a drill and a test, is being written.
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Real puzzles from real games, rated 1263 to 1497. No account needed.
Every motif page is free, and so are sections I and II of the path. See what the lifetime unlock adds.
How many blind swine mates did you miss last month?
Add your Lichess or Chess.com username and the scan reads your games: every one you walked past that won material or mated, with a single clean answer, becomes a puzzle from your own game, named, until you fix it.
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