The statement by Nigel Short quoted above may be somewhat exaggerated. But there is some truth in it: checkmate ends the game . Material inferiority or certain positional disadvantages no longer play a role when checkmate is on the board.
In order to find the mate, you need good pattern recognition . And in order to practice this, it is important to memorize the most common mate patterns.
Michael Busse from Schachgeflüster has therefore made it his task to explain the 40 most important chess images in less than 1 minute each. The series will be expanded bit by bit. Here are the first mating image videos (please click on the diagram)
