Chess Patterns ❯ Checkmate Patterns | Mates at a Distance ❯ Balestra Mate
Balestra Mate
Balestra Mate
Pattern Card
Created with Love in Italy
Created with Love in Italy
These cards are our tiny indie studio's tribute to chess lovers around the world.
Part of the 'Chess With Cards' Game
Part of the 'Chess With Cards' Game
This card and all other Pattern Cards are included in our upcoming Chess With Cards game.
Ship it from the U.S. or Print it Yourself
Ship it from the U.S. or Print it Yourself
Choose delivery from our print-on-demand U.S. provider, The Game Crafter, or download and print at home.
Final Revisions Underway. Help Welcome.
Final Revisions Underway. Help Welcome.
We're chess nuts, but let's face it - we're not GMs (yet). And English isn't our first language either. That's why we're double-checking all the card content before the launch. We might've blundered somewhere, so if you spot any issues, give us a shout. We're aiming to create the best game out there, and we need everyone's eagle eyes to make it happen.
Master the Balestra Mate
While creating Chess With Cards, we watched many videos and read a lot of books. Here's our curated selection of the best resources we encountered on the Balestra Mate. We also included some smaller creators who are growing fast and we believe deserve your attention. Check out these resources if you want to master this checkmate pattern.
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WATCH ON YOUTUBE
What is the Balestra Checkmate in Chess?
This is another excellent YouTube short by Chess Knowledge with H1. This time it’s about the Balestra Mate. Start here if you are a beginner and have little time right now.
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WATCH ON YOUTUBE
The Balestra Mate | Checkmating Pattern - Daily Lesson with a Grandmaster 164
Take a look at this in-depth explanation of the Balestra Checkmate by the passionate ChessMood YouTube channel. Lots of examples of growing complexity.
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WATCH ON YOUTUBE
In this short video, Coach Daniel Greiner (a.k.a. KingBishop) presents a not-so-obvious Chess.com puzzle that ends up, you guessed it, in a nice Balestra Mate-type configuration. Enjoy it.
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GET IT ON AMAZON
Chess: 5334 Problems, Combinations and Games*
This book by legendary László Polgár is massive. It has more than 5,000 exercises. Working through it you can develop the intuitive expertise that great players possess. For serious players of all levels.
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This inexpensive book by Torsten B. Mattsson is a little gem. Aimed at beginners, it presents 60 different patterns in a unique and smart way: bare pattern > mate in one > mate in two.
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