One Move Checkmates: Puzzle 2 Worksheet

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It's hard to fine-tune logic and critical thinking skills, but this free downloadable PDF will let your little logistician practice strategizing and working with visual-spatial relationships as she seeks to checkmate the black king. Tracking and directionality are also important reading skills, so this challenging puzzle offers lots of brain-building opportunities in a unique and fun way.

Required skills:
Students should know how to use critical thinking and logic to solve a chess strategy puzzle. They should be able to analyze the chessboard in a visual-spatial way to identify the important pieces and plan a checkmate. Additionally, they should be able to read and understand the directions on the worksheet, which will help them to solve the puzzle correctly.