Chess Checkmate Puzzle Book

A checkmate puzzle book for new players aged 8 and up: a check, checkmate or stalemate warm-up, then 36 checkmate-in-one puzzles in three levels. Every puzzle was checked by computer to have exactly one checkmating move, and the answers are written out in full.

What’s inside:

- How the puzzles work: check, checkmate and stalemate

- Warm-up: check, checkmate or stalemate? (six positions)

- 36 checkmate-in-one puzzles in three levels of 12, six to a page

- Scorecard

- Answers, with the move written out in full

- Credits, licence and sources

Pages: 12 (including cover and credits). Sizes: A4 (210 × 297 mm) and US Letter (8.5 × 11 in), both PDFs included in one zip.

Printing: Print at 100% / actual size on A4 or US Letter. Inside pages use light backgrounds and print well in black and white; covers are dark, so start from page 2 to save ink.

Every fact is checked against named source pages from the FIDE Laws of Chess and Britannica (checked 3 Nov 2026), and the sources are listed on the pack’s credits page.

There are no photos in this pack: all drawings, puzzles and layouts are REALLYBYTE’s own work. Drawings are simplified impressions: not photographs, not copied from any chess book, diagram, photo or set design. Not affiliated with FIDE, Encyclopaedia Britannica, any chess federation, club or school, or any maker of chess sets. Their names are used only to identify the sources and the rules we quote.

Licence: personal and single-classroom use. You may print as many copies as you need for your own family or your own class, and share it with your class through a password-protected platform. Please don’t resell, re-upload or share it publicly. For school-wide use, please email info@reallybyte.com.

Made by REALLYBYTE, the team behind chess.learntoplay.im. Questions: info@reallybyte.com

This is a digital download: no physical item will be shipped.