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Master Chess Pattern Recognition
This guide is your one-stop shop for mastering chess pattern recognition! From classic checkmates to strategic traps, learn to identify winning opportunities and become a chess pattern recognition pro.
Bishop's Bounty Checkmate Pattern Page
(Links to Pages and Pages of Mating Pattern resources)
BOOKS & Courses (Free)
FREE Chessable Course
Basic Checkmate Patterns - 34 Mates w/ 74 min Free Video - MoveTrainer™ Tactics course by CraftyRaf & IM John Bartholomew -
🕒 Lesson 1: Anastasia's mate, Greco's mate, Arabian mate, Hook mate,Vuković's mate, and Smothered mate
🕒 Lesson 2: Suffocation mate, Corner mate, Morphy's mate, Pillsbury's mate, Lolli's mate and Opera/Mayet's mate
🕒 Lesson 3: Damiano’s mate, Max Lange’s mate, Damiano’s Bishop mate, Dovetail / Cozio’s mate, Swallow’s tail / Gueridon mate, and David & Goliath / pawn mate
🕒 Lesson 4: Boden's mate, Balestra mate, Double knights and double bishops mate, Blackburne's mate, and the blind swine mate.
🕒 Lesson 5: Epaulette mate, Back rank mate, Lawnmower mate, Triangle mate, Killbox mate, Fool's mate, Scholar's mate and Legal's mate.
(This is a pretty simple course you Can do in about 10-15 Mins. Use the MoveTrainer to Practice all of these problems a couple times a day until they become second nature)
(Really Cant beat this if you want to learn a bunch of these patterns. Can use there Movetrainer to practice all of these patterns)
Articles on Chess Patterns
GM Gregory Serper
(This is a nice set of Articles of patterns you see in games)
- Typical Patterns Everyone Should Know Part One
- Typical Patterns Everyone Should Know. Part Two.
- Typical Patterns Everyone Should Know. Part Three.
- Typical Patterns Everyone Should Know. Part Four.
- Typical Patterns Everyone Should Know. Part Five.
- Typical Patterns Everyone Should Know : That vulnerable f7 pawn...
- Typical Patterns Everyone Should Know : Pin, unpin...
- Typical Patterns Everyone Should Know : The Dangerous Diagonal
- Typical Patterns Everyone Should Know : The Dangerous h-file Part 1
- Typical Patterns Everyone Should Know : The Dangerous h-file Part 2
Mating Patterns 1 - Mate with Bishop & Rook - Kenilworth Chess Club - 15 Famous games where a Bishop and Rook Mate pattern used.
The Complete Checkmate Patterns List (with examples) - GM Avetik
(37 Checkmating Patterns w/ explanation and Example)
(37 Checkmating Patterns w/ explanation and Example)
LiChess Studies
(Some Really Nice Studies Here to Learn Each Pattern)
- Mating Patterns - 27 Chapter Interactive Study (Well Done)
- Some Mating Patterns - 15 Chapter Interactive Study
- Anderson Mate Patterns - with Different pieces (15 Chapter)
- Blackburn, Anderssen, Lolli Mates - 27 Chapter Interactive Study
- Checkmate Patterns Named - 50 Chapter Interactive Study (Most all Patterns Here!)
New to Lichess studies? These interactive tools allow you to explore chess concepts and variations move-by-move, perfect for testing your understanding and deepening your knowledge.
Chess Videos on Pattern Recognition
(Mating patterns, Tactical Patterns, Strategic Patterns and Endgame Patterns)
Pattern Recognition #1 -41 Min
@1:23 Mate pattern #1 - Anastasia mate
@6:30 Mate pattern #2 - Boden's mate
@10.28 Mate pattern #3 - Blackburne's mate (called Stefansson mate in the video)
@13:32 Tactical pattern #1 - Undefended bishop on b7 in hedgehog type positions
@20:53 Strategic pattern #1 - Gligoric's pawn sacrifice
@33:33 Technical pattern #1 - Self pushing rook + two pawns
@36:06 Technical pattern #2 - Queen ending, pushing and defending against checks
Pattern recognition #2 - 37 Min
@1:25 Mate pattern #4 - Anand's mate: Qf3 + h-file battery
@8:45 Mate pattern #5 - Bacrot's mate: Qf7 + check on h-file
@14:04 Mate pattern #6 - Stellwagen mate: Ba7-g1 diagonal, pawn g4, Qh3 mates Kg2
@19:18 Mate pattern #7 - Arabic mate (Kramnik mate in video) Rg8 or h7 with Nf6 mates Kh8
Endgame pattern #1 - Philidor positon plus thoughts on f- and g- pawns in R+p vs R
Pattern Recognition #3 - 34 Min
Exercises from previous videos
@3:46 Strategical pattern #2 - Anand's King
@20:20 Tactical pattern #2 - Loman's move
@27:43 Tactical pattern #3 - Knight on the rim
Pattern Recognition #4 - 34 Min
Tests from earlier PR videos
@6:48 Tacitcal pattern #4 - Petrosian's move
@17:52 Tactical pattern #5 - Protecting b2
@23:28 Mate pattern #8 - The Karpov choke
Pattern Recognition #5 - 36 Min
LIchess Study games - Game Examples from this Video
Game With This Pattern - 14 Min
Another Video of This Pattern - 16 Min