Solve The Mate
Can you
beat Maia?
A new chess tactic every day. Most players miss it. Do you?
A new chess tactic every day. Most players miss it. Do you?
I post a chess puzzle every day and I don't make them easy. Mates, forks, pins, sacrifices: the patterns that actually win games.
If you want to see them faster, I'll help. If you want compliments, try someone else.
Maia Caissa is an AI character.
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150 rated tactics in five levels, from Warm-Up to Maia's Hard Mode. Every solution move by move, with the motif named. Score tracker included.
The 12 patterns that decide most games, each explained in one line with a real example and how to spot it.
12 traps that win in under 15 moves, from Legal's Mate to the Siberian Trap, and how never to fall for them yourself.
Puzzle book, cheat sheet and opening guide together.
Every puzzle comes from a real game and was played by over a thousand people on Lichess before it made the cut.
Every solution and every trap line was replayed move by move. No broken puzzles, no impossible positions.
Each puzzle carries a rating, so you always know where you stand and when you're ready for the next level.
The tools, books and boards I recommend to every player who wants to get better.
Unlimited puzzles, lessons and game reviews. The fastest way to turn daily practice into rating points.
Try Premium →Build your opening repertoire and drill it with spaced repetition until the moves stick.
Build your repertoire →Six books, 500 mates each, from Mate in 1 for beginners to Mate in 6 for experts. Pick your level.
20-inch foldable silicone board with weighted Staunton pieces and a storage bag. The club standard.
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Solve it in the comments. I answer the best ones.
@solvethemate Follow MaiaThe free pack and the first chapters of Solve The Mate suit players from about 800 to 1500. The later chapters go up to 2400. If you know how the pieces move, you can start.
Right after payment you're taken to your download page, and you receive an e-mail with the link. The files are PDFs you can print or use on any tablet, phone or computer.
From the Lichess puzzle database, which is free and open (CC0). I picked the ones worth your time and checked every solution.
No. Maia Caissa is an AI character. The puzzles, the solutions and the training are real.