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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 0nAF5

Rating 640 backRankMateendgamemate
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Puzzle 0nfAF

Rating 640 backRankMateendgamemate
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Puzzle 0OXbn

Rating 640 backRankMatematemateIn1
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Puzzle 0LmWG

Rating 642 backRankMatehangingPiecemate
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Puzzle 0SaFf

Rating 642 backRankMateendgamemate
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Puzzle 0QBbC

Rating 643 backRankMateendgamemate
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Puzzle 0e0aP

Rating 644 backRankMateendgamemaster
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Puzzle 0NZNb

Rating 645 backRankMateendgamemate
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Puzzle 05lmw

Rating 646 backRankMateendgamemate
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Puzzle 0Jrmn

Rating 647 backRankMatematemateIn1
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Puzzle 0TxVo

Rating 647 backRankMatematemateIn2
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Puzzle 0ZOyC

Rating 647 backRankMatematemateIn2
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Puzzle 0LJAx

Rating 648 backRankMateendgamemaster
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Puzzle 0OZEr

Rating 648 backRankMateendgamemaster
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Puzzle 0k3bb

Rating 649 backRankMateendgamemate
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Puzzle 0W3PJ

Rating 649 backRankMateendgamemate
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Puzzle 005N7

Rating 651 backRankMateendgamehangingPiece
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Puzzle 0Ix0T

Rating 651 backRankMatehangingPiecemate
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Puzzle 01zRG

Rating 652 backRankMatematemateIn2
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Puzzle 07f30

Rating 652 backRankMateendgamemate
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Puzzle 0HBNW

Rating 652 backRankMatematemateIn2
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Puzzle 0aMhq

Rating 653 backRankMateendgamemate
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