Mating patterns

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This booklet contains 9 lessons Christoph Thurner held at School Chess Clubs. Every lesson starts with the introduction of a Mating Motif followed by a game in which the Motif is featured. The games include typical questions for the students and answers. The following topics are explored.

• Back Rank Mate
• Anastasi's Mate
• Smothered Mate
• Arabian Mate
• Legal's Mate
• Bode's Mate
• Blackburne's Mate
• Damiano's Mate 
• Greo's Mate
• And many more!

Teaching the many different check-mating patterns to the studetns can really impove their game. The teaching materials includes many examples and illustrations. The teaching material includes 44 pages of well-versed material written by one of Chess Power's coaches; Christoph Thurner who placed 5th place in NZ Blitz champs in 2008 and has been coaching for several years.