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Printable Checkmate Puzzles

Real positions from rated games. Narrow them by motif, difficulty or rating, then solve or print each one.

Printable worksheet

12 checkmate puzzles, every difficulty, with answer key

Every puzzle in this set ends in forced mate. The lines run from single-move finishes to long king hunts, all verified from real games.

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Positions come from real rated games. The answer key prints on the last page.

Checkmate — chess puzzle worksheet Name: ______________   Date: ______________
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#1 · white to move · rating 600
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#2 · white to move · rating 671
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#3 · black to move · rating 731
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#4 · white to move · rating 793
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#5 · white to move · rating 886
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#6 · white to move · rating 964
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#7 · black to move · rating 1058
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#8 · white to move · rating 1168
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#9 · black to move · rating 1297
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#10 · black to move · rating 1478
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#11 · black to move · rating 1740
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#12 · white to move · rating 2796

Answer key

  1. #1 (puzzle 025AE): Re7#
  2. #2 (puzzle 0LfQJ): Rxd8#
  3. #3 (puzzle 0GAJv): Qxh2+ → Kf1 → Qh1#
  4. #4 (puzzle 00vZg): Qxf8#
  5. #5 (puzzle 06ayb): Qh7+ → Kf8 → Qh8#
  6. #6 (puzzle 09hrW): Qxf7+ → Kh8 → Qxg7#
  7. #7 (puzzle 00jPw): Ng3#
  8. #8 (puzzle 0Ai4l): Qxf7+ → Bg7 → Qxg7#
  9. #9 (puzzle 0CJhN): Qxa3+ → bxa3 → Ra2#
  10. #10 (puzzle 0D6UC): Qxa1+ → Re1 → Qxe1#
  11. #11 (puzzle 0PNEd): Ng3+ → hxg3 → Qxg2#
  12. #12 (puzzle 0qUKl): Rf5+ → Ke8 → Bh5+ → Ke7 → Qh4+ → Kd6 → Qf6+ → Re6 → Ne4#

Positions from real rated games (CC0 data).