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Back-rank mate Chess Puzzles

Search 49,500 locally indexed real-game positions, narrow them by motif, difficulty or rating, then play each stored tactical line directly on the board without an upstream connection.

883 real-game puzzles in this collection

What is a back-rank mate?

The back-rank mate strikes a king trapped behind its own unmoved pawns. A rook or queen lands on the last rank, and the shelter becomes a cage.

How to spot it

Count the defenders of the enemy back rank versus your heavy pieces on the file. Deflections and exchanges that reduce the defender count by one are usually decisive.

What this set trains

One of the most common practical mates — and the reason experienced players make luft before they need it.

Foundation: 773Developing: 90Challenging: 17Advanced: 3
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24 shown from 49500 locally materialized records.

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Puzzle 0lD41

Rating 774 backRankMateendgamelong
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Puzzle 0QowZ

Rating 774 backRankMatematemateIn2
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Puzzle 0G5V0

Rating 775 backRankMatematemateIn2
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Puzzle 0okr6

Rating 776 backRankMateendgamelong
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Puzzle 02MgK

Rating 777 backRankMateendgamehangingPiece
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Puzzle 0339N

Rating 777 backRankMateendgamemate
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Puzzle 0fxB1

Rating 777 backRankMatematemateIn2
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Puzzle 0uyvt

Rating 778 backRankMateendgamemate
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Puzzle 0nmHv

Rating 779 backRankMatematemateIn2
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Puzzle 09Ndi

Rating 780 backRankMateendgamelong
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Puzzle 0eDBl

Rating 781 backRankMateforkhangingPiece
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Puzzle 0oHe4

Rating 782 backRankMateendgamemate
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Puzzle 0qsAg

Rating 783 backRankMateendgamemaster
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Puzzle 0R8u2

Rating 783 backRankMateendgamemate
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Puzzle 0w8Rb

Rating 783 backRankMatematemateIn2
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Puzzle 0Kw3Q

Rating 784 backRankMateendgamemate
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Puzzle 0UM8W

Rating 785 backRankMateendgamemate
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Puzzle 0ixXU

Rating 786 backRankMateendgamemate
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Puzzle 0LCg0

Rating 786 backRankMateendgamemate
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Puzzle 0s0XX

Rating 787 backRankMateendgamemate
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Puzzle 0DBAn

Rating 790 backRankMatematemateIn2
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Puzzle 0yKLr

Rating 792 backRankMateendgamemate
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Puzzle 0ehRb

Rating 793 advancedPawnbackRankMatebishopEndgame
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