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Epaulette 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.

151 real-game puzzles in this collection

What is a epaulette mate?

The king stands mated between its own rooks — the “epaulettes” — which occupy both escape squares. A queen delivers the blow from directly in front.

How to spot it

When enemy pieces crowd both sides of their king, a frontal queen check may be mate on the spot. Count the blocked squares before dismissing the check.

What this set trains

Teaches a counter-intuitive truth: the defender’s own pieces are often the mating net.

Foundation: 91Developing: 40Challenging: 13Advanced: 7

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24 shown from 49500 locally materialized records.

Showing 1–24 of 151 matching records

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Puzzle 0FwLp

Rating 602 endgameepauletteMatemate

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Puzzle 02ry1

Rating 608 endgameepauletteMatemate

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Puzzle 0NnpG

Rating 610 endgameepauletteMatemate

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Puzzle 0Krgd

Rating 614 discoveredCheckdoubleCheckepauletteMate

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Puzzle 02psu

Rating 626 endgameepauletteMatemate

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Puzzle 0mAWv

Rating 631 endgameepauletteMatemaster

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Puzzle 0Cnug

Rating 644 endgameepauletteMatemate

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Puzzle 0BQWq

Rating 660 endgameepauletteMatemate

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Puzzle 0GuTp

Rating 668 discoveredCheckdoubleCheckepauletteMate

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Puzzle 0651L

Rating 673 endgameepauletteMatemate

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Puzzle 0gIec

Rating 686 endgameepauletteMatemaster

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Puzzle 0KbaE

Rating 693 epauletteMatematemateIn1

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Puzzle 0XcON

Rating 697 epauletteMatematemateIn1

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Puzzle 0BG8s

Rating 700 epauletteMatematemateIn1

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Puzzle 0JYj9

Rating 716 endgameepauletteMatemate

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Puzzle 07oyn

Rating 717 endgameepauletteMatemaster

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Puzzle 09YGk

Rating 718 endgameepauletteMatemate

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Puzzle 02vl0

Rating 722 endgameepauletteMatemaster

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Puzzle 0jwTX

Rating 722 epauletteMatematemateIn1

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Puzzle 0TlHr

Rating 733 epauletteMatematemateIn1

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Puzzle 04tSk

Rating 741 endgameepauletteMatemaster

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Puzzle 00O2z

Rating 742 epauletteMatematemateIn1

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Puzzle 0GXjk

Rating 742 endgameepauletteMatemate

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Puzzle 0wA1a

Rating 746 endgameepauletteMatemate

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