Tactics — The Battery and The Smothered Mate

Mate-in-N interactice chess tactics puzzles grouped according to the tactical means involved.

1. The Battery: Queen and Bishop
Give checkmate to the opponent’s king by using the battery formed from your queen and bishop!

2. The Smothered Mate
Give checkmate to the opponent’s king making use of the smothered position of the enemy king! This large collection of exercises will make the student master the smothered mate technique.

3. The hemming in of the enemy king
Give checkmate to the opponent’s king by limiting the king’s freedom of movement by controlling rows or files beside the enemy king!