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Mating Patterns
26 pattern packs · 6,427 verified puzzles (mate-in-1 through mate-in-5).
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🎯
Mate in 2
1212 puzzles
Find the two-move forcing sequence.
Medium
🧩
Mate in 3
812 puzzles
Three-move forced mates from real games.
Medium
⚡
Mate in 4
512 puzzles
Deeper forcing sequences — 4 moves to mate.
Medium
🏆
Mate in 5
312 puzzles
Deep calculation — five-move forced mates.
Medium
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Back Rank Mate
274 puzzles
Rook or queen mates a king trapped behind its own pawns.
Easy
♞
Smothered Mate
122 puzzles
A lone knight mates a king suffocated by its own pieces.
Medium
🗡️
Arabian Mate
119 puzzles
Rook + knight, king cornered on the edge.
Medium
🎭
Anastasia's Mate
113 puzzles
Knight seals the escape squares, rook slams the h-file.
Hard
✝️
Boden's Mate
112 puzzles
Two bishops cross-fire an exposed queenside king.
Hard
🪶
Dovetail Mate
112 puzzles
Queen mates from adjacent, king boxed by two of its own pieces.
Hard
👑
Damiano's Mate
260 puzzles
Queen mates on h7, supported by a friendly pawn on g6.
Easy
🔨
Lolli's Mate
260 puzzles
Pawn on f6 (or g6) partners with the queen on g7 for mate.
Hard
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Greco's Mate
260 puzzles
Long-diagonal bishop covers g8, queen mates on h-file.
Hard
⚖️
Legal's Mate
260 puzzles
Sacrifice the queen, mate with two knights and a bishop.
Hard
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Morphy's Mate
100 puzzles
Long-diagonal bishop + rook on the g-file trap the king in the corner.
Hard
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Blackburne's Mate
192 puzzles
Two bishops and a knight tear apart the castled king.
Hard
🎖️
Epaulette Mate
106 puzzles
King has 'shoulders' — two rooks either side block its escape.
Medium
🪝
Hook Mate
112 puzzles
Rook + knight + pawn team up on the edge.
Hard
🐖
Blind Swine Mate
104 puzzles
Two rooks on the 7th rank crash into the king.
Easy
🎯
Pillsbury's Mate
100 puzzles
Fianchettoed bishop + rook lift mates the castled king.
Hard
🎪
Mayet's Mate
260 puzzles
Bishop mates on b7, supported by a rook on the b-file.
Hard
⚔️
Anderssen's Mate
108 puzzles
Rook (or queen) mates on h8, own pawn on g7 covers the flight.
Easy
😶
Suffocation Mate
260 puzzles
Knight mates a king suffocated by its own defenders.
Medium
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Kill Box Mate
121 puzzles
Queen + rook lock the king in a 3×3 'kill box'.
Medium
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Double Bishop Mate
112 puzzles
Two bishops on adjacent diagonals crush a king trapped by its own pieces.
Hard
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Vuković's Mate
112 puzzles
Rook mates on the edge, knight covers the escape square.
Hard