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Printable Opera mate Puzzles
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Printable worksheet
12 opera mate puzzles, every difficulty, with answer key
Named after Morphy’s famous opera-house game: a rook (or queen) mates along the back rank or central file while a bishop pins or covers the diagonal escape.
Positions from the Lichess open puzzle database (CC0). The answer key prints on the last page.
Opera mate — chess puzzle worksheet
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Answer key
- Puzzle 05uc5: h8g8 → d1d8 (the first move is the opponent’s setup move)
- Puzzle 0AoDW: c7c8 → d1d8 (the first move is the opponent’s setup move)
- Puzzle 0i0KO: e1f1 → f8f1 (the first move is the opponent’s setup move)
- Puzzle 0mrtm: g2h1 → d1h1 (the first move is the opponent’s setup move)
- Puzzle 06EaC: f6f1 → d8g8 (the first move is the opponent’s setup move)
- Puzzle 0FjqW: d8a5 → g3g8 → f8g8 → g1g8 (the first move is the opponent’s setup move)
- Puzzle 0Jz8X: e1f2 → g2h2 (the first move is the opponent’s setup move)
- Puzzle 0Exrq: c8g8 → e6g8 → h8g8 → f1f8 (the first move is the opponent’s setup move)
- Puzzle 0Isdi: g8h8 → f6h6 → h8g8 → h6h8 (the first move is the opponent’s setup move)
- Puzzle 0K3dK: f1d1 → d3h3 → h2g1 → h3h1 (the first move is the opponent’s setup move)
- Puzzle 00XGg: g1g2 → h7h2 → g2f1 → h2h1 → f3g1 → h1g1 → f1g1 → h8h1 (the first move is the opponent’s setup move)
- Puzzle 0fs1z: h7g8 → h6h7 → g8h7 → f1f7 → f8f7 → e1h1 → h7g8 → h1h8 (the first move is the opponent’s setup move)
Source: Lichess open puzzle database · database.lichess.org · CC0