Mating patterns
Dovetail mate
By Antoine TamanoUpdated
A queen mates diagonally adjacent to the king, whose two escape squares are taken by its own pieces.
The dovetail 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 1341 to 1485. 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 dovetail 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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