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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 0D6eE

Rating 1032 backRankMateendgamehangingPiece
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Puzzle 0OQLL

Rating 1034 backRankMatematemateIn2
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Puzzle 04vgD

Rating 1035 backRankMateendgamelong
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Puzzle 0Ch44

Rating 1035 backRankMatematemateIn2
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Puzzle 095ue

Rating 1037 backRankMateendgamemate
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Puzzle 09zYo

Rating 1037 backRankMateendgamelong
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Puzzle 0B5wm

Rating 1037 backRankMatematemateIn2
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Puzzle 0JWqp

Rating 1037 backRankMatematemateIn1
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Puzzle 0H8uK

Rating 1041 backRankMateendgamemate
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Puzzle 083S4

Rating 1043 advancedPawnbackRankMateendgame
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Puzzle 0E71c

Rating 1047 backRankMateendgamelong
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Puzzle 0NH0F

Rating 1052 backRankMateendgamemate
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Puzzle 0JqHd

Rating 1053 backRankMatematemateIn2
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Puzzle 0G8G2

Rating 1054 backRankMatematemateIn1
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Puzzle 073l1

Rating 1055 backRankMateclearancedeflection
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Puzzle 09cDW

Rating 1060 backRankMateendgamemate
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Puzzle 05c4u

Rating 1064 backRankMateendgamelong
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Puzzle 0GRNc

Rating 1066 backRankMateendgamelong
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Puzzle 0MoMa

Rating 1066 backRankMateendgamelong
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Puzzle 0KHV7

Rating 1067 backRankMateendgamelong
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Puzzle 0HH3a

Rating 1073 backRankMateendgamemate
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