White to play and mate in one.
Your opponent moves…
What is Anastasia's mate?
In Anastasia's mate the king stands at the edge of the board with one of its own pawns beside it. A knight covers two of the king's squares, and a rook or a queen gives check along the edge. The king is stuck.
The way there often goes through a queen sacrifice, which tears open the king's shelter and opens the file for the rook. The pattern is named after a German novel from 1803. Read more under Anastasia's mate.
Look for a knight that can check its way into e7 or e2, and for an open file along the edge.
How the puzzles work
There are 150 puzzles here. Choose a level above the board. Within each level the puzzles get harder and harder, and when you come back you pick up where you left off.
Your opponent makes the first move, then it's your turn. If you get stuck, Hint shows which piece to move, and Show the solution plays the rest. The theme only shows once the puzzle is done, but here you already know what you're looking for.
In Puzzle training you get puzzles in this theme at your own level, and see how you're doing in each theme.
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Puzzle Sprint
Three minutes, three lives. How many can you solve?
- Mate in one
- Mate in two
- Mate in three
- Fork
- Pin
- Skewer
- Discovered attack
- Double check
- Sacrifice
- Deflection
- Attraction
- Hanging piece
- In-between move
- Back-rank mate
- Smothered mate
- Arabian mate
- Boden's mate
- Opera mate
- Epaulette mate
- Swallow's tail mate
- Morphy's mate
- Pillsbury's mate
- Promotion
- Endgame
- Rook endgames
- Pawn endgames
- Zugzwang
The puzzles come from Lichess, fetched on November 1, 2026.
Updated November 14, 2026