Middlegame · Mating patterns

Corner mate · as Black

The knight covers b8 and a5, rook mates on the seventh. Play the Black pieces.

Corner mate. Knight on c6, rook on the seventh, king in the a-corner. Play the Black side.

Ra7 is mate. The knight owns b8; the edge of the board does the rest.

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