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Printable Pillsbury's mate Puzzles

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12 pillsbury's mate puzzles, every difficulty, with answer key

A rook and bishop team up against a castled king: the rook crashes through on the g-file while the bishop rakes the long diagonal.

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

Pillsbury's mate — chess puzzle worksheet Name: ______________   Date: ______________
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#2 · white to move · rating 648
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#3 · white to move · rating 683
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#4 · white to move · rating 744
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#5 · black to move · rating 815
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#6 · black to move · rating 921
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#7 · black to move · rating 1090
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#8 · white to move · rating 1254
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#9 · white to move · rating 1447
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#10 · white to move · rating 1676
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#11 · black to move · rating 1895
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Answer key

  1. #1 (puzzle 0IdEo): Re5#
  2. #2 (puzzle 0Tek8): Qxe8+ → Rxe8 → Rxe8#
  3. #3 (puzzle 0lBVB): Rh8#
  4. #4 (puzzle 0u4GQ): Rh3+ → Qh5 → Rxh5#
  5. #5 (puzzle 0JNcH): Qe1+ → Rxe1 → Rxe1#
  6. #6 (puzzle 0Q9OG): Qe1+ → Rxe1 → Rxe1#
  7. #7 (puzzle 06xyr): R8xe3#
  8. #8 (puzzle 06eAA): Ng6+ → hxg6 → Rh4#
  9. #9 (puzzle 0MRLk): Qxa8+ → Bxa8 → Rc8+ → Qd8 → Rxd8#
  10. #10 (puzzle 0PtEB): Rg4#
  11. #11 (puzzle 06Gr2): Rb4+ → Kc3 → Re3#
  12. #12 (puzzle 11YRi): Bxf4+ → Nxf4 → Qxb1+ → Kxb1 → Rd1#

Positions from real rated games (CC0 data).