Learn to finish games in style with seven of the most important checkmate patterns in chess!

Explore key facets and telltale signs of these checkmating structures, so that you can seize opportunities to deliver upon them in your games, and spot when your opponent may be planning to put one together against you!
Study from both basic examples, which demonstrate each pattern in an easily accessible manner, and grandmaster game examples, which show how top-level players can apply pattern understanding to recognition to achieve spectacular victories.
Sharpen your visualization, board awareness, and attacking skills through checkmating exercises - the benefits aren’t limited to the positions shown!

Harness Your Killer Instinct With Nelson Dunn’s Exploration Of Seven Of The Most Important Checkmating Patterns In Chess!

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What Will You Learn?

There is perhaps no better feeling for a chess player than striking a game-winning blow upon a crowded board, delivering a checkmate from seemingly out of the blue! But as many an astute learner has noticed, these checkmates often share crucial features, forming distinct patterns that can be analyzed and studied. U.S. chess expert and seasoned coach Nelson Dunn is here to help you do just that, walking through seven of the most common and important checkmating patterns in this new course, the Seven Deadly Checkmates.

Through this course, you will study the basics of each mating mattern, illustrated and demonstrated in an easily accessible manner - all you need to be able to understand them are the basic rules of chess! But coach Dunn doesn’t stop with the basics. Through each pattern, he proceeds to showcase how they have been put to use in games from masters and even grandmasters, who have used their understanding and recognition to deliver precise, beautiful tactical combinations to win crucial games in dramatic style.

So what are these mighty mates? Well, coach Nelson begins with an exploration of the Back Rank, Side File, and Deadly Diagonal checkmates, three patterns which illustrate the danger and the power of open lines to access the king. From there, he goes over the queen support mates, which show what careful piece coordination can accomplish, especially when one of those pieces being coordinated is the most powerful piece on the board! The Swiss Cheese checkmates offer key examples of how to prey upon color-complex weaknesses, while the Smothered mates (a fan favorite!) show that even a crowd of defenders around a king can be a crucial liability to exploit if they crowd around too tightly. Finally, through an analysis of the Arabian mate, you will see the potency of rook and knight coordination, and a pattern that just happens to be at the heart of some of the most exciting finishes in chess!

Coach Nelson Dunn is a seasoned chess teacher with experience leading some of New York City’s famous P.S. teams. He has worked with thousands of students over the years, and has selected these seven patterns based on his observations of their games, and the checkmates that feature most frequently - whether they were realized by the players or not. He brings decades of experience and a clear communication style friendly to learners of all levels, and will use that to ensure that you are able to reap the benefits of knowing these seven essential patterns.

Reaping those benefits, by the way, isn’t limited to the games where these checkmates pop up. In studying these seven deadly patterns, you will be able to heighten your ability to visualize, your ability to effectively coordinate pieces and attack, and your ability to recognize and act upon structural strengths and weaknesses. With Coach Dunn as your guide, you will be able to become a stronger and more complete chess player, better able to take on any game situation that comes your way.

Of course, there will also be plenty of games where these common patterns do come up. In those cases, you can go right ahead and execute exactly what you’ve learned, seizing the opportunities that come your way, and have a blast while doing it. Go ahead, checkmate away - it’s no sin.

So, What Exactly Do You Get?

PART 1

INTRODUCTION

BACK RANK CHECKMATE

CONCEPTS

BACK RANK CHECKMATE

APPLICATION

EDWIN ZEIGLER ADAMS MATCH

JUDIT MATCH

BENJAMIN MATCH

ALEXANDER MATCH

OSSIP MATCH

HEINZ MATCH

RUDOLF MATCH

MAURICE MATCH

ROOK DEFLECTION

ROOK DEFLECTION WITH PIN

PAUL MATCH

KAREL MATCH

PART 2 SIDE FILE CHECKMATE

SKELETON MOVES

NIGEL MATCH

SERGI MATCH

ARON MATCH

ANTHONY MATCH

MILAN MATCH

JESUS MATCH

ALEXANDER MATCH

JON LUDWIG MATCH

GEORGE ROTLEWI MATCH

DANIEL MATCH

PART 3 DEADLY DIAGONAL

CONCEPTS

TWO MOVE MATE

DUTCH FOOLS MATE

BIRD FROM'S GAMBIT

BODEN

APPLICATION

PILLSBURY MATCH

NN CHECKMATE MATCH

FEDOROWICZ MATCH

PAUL MORPHY MATCH

ALEXANDER ALEKHINE MATCH

ARON MATCH

PETER MATCH

JOHANNES MATCH

EMIL MATCH

PART 4 QUEEN SUPPORT MATES

CONCEPTS

QUEEN SUPPORT 1

SWALLOWS TAIL

SWALLOW TAIL 2

SCHOLAR'S MATE

CARO KHAN

APPLICATION

MORPHY MATCH

ROBERT MATCH

JOSE MATCH

ALBERT MATCH

PHILIDOR SWALLOW TAIL GAME

PART 5 WISS CHEESE

SWISS 1

SWISS 2

SWISS 3

SWISS 4

RUDOLF MATCH

GUSTAV MATCH

KAREL MATCH

OSCAR MATCH

LEVENFISH MATCH

PART 6 SMOTHER MATE

CONCEPTS

SMOTHER MATE 1

SMOTHERED MATE 2

3 MOVE MATE

APPLICATION

CARO MATCH

CONCEPTS

ND4 TRAP 1

ND4 TRAP 2

ND4 TRAP 3

APPLICATION

EDWARD LASKER MATCH

PAUL MORPHY MATCH

PAUL MORPHY 2 MATCH

LARRY EVANS MATCH

ALEXANDER MATCH

JOSE MATCH

CONCEPTS

KUBBEL 1 STUDY

PETROV

PART 7 ARABIAN MATE

ARABIAN MATE 1

ARABIAN MATE 2

VASILIOS MATCH

MARK MATCH

REINER MATCH

ZAVEN MATCH

DANIEL MATCH

BORIS MATCH

PETER MATCH

IAN MATCH

MURTAS MATCH

NELSON DUNN MATCH

OUTRO

Harness Your Killer Instinct With Nelson Dunn’s Exploration Of Seven Of The Most Important Checkmating Patterns In Chess!

Check Out The Trailer!

What Will You Learn?

So, What Exactly Do You Get?

PART 1

BACK RANK CHECKMATE

CONCEPTS

APPLICATION

PART 2

SIDE FILE CHECKMATE

PART 3

DEADLY DIAGONAL

CONCEPTS

APPLICATION

PART 4

QUEEN SUPPORT MATES

CONCEPTS

APPLICATION

PART 5

WISS CHEESE

PART 6

SMOTHER MATE

CONCEPTS

APPLICATION

CONCEPTS

APPLICATION

CONCEPTS

PART 7

ARABIAN MATE

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