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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 25–48 of 151 matching records

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Puzzle 029Eo

Rating 755 epauletteMatemastermate

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Puzzle 041qS

Rating 756 epauletteMatematemateIn1

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Puzzle 0NeiE

Rating 758 epauletteMatematemateIn1

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Puzzle 08XQI

Rating 763 endgameepauletteMatemaster

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Puzzle 026vm

Rating 766 epauletteMatematemateIn1

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Puzzle 0SsBB

Rating 769 endgameepauletteMatemaster

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Puzzle 03wQS

Rating 773 epauletteMatematemateIn1

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Puzzle 0rG84

Rating 774 attackingF2F7epauletteMatemate

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Puzzle 0IyJU

Rating 791 epauletteMatematemateIn1

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Puzzle 0JStz

Rating 797 endgameepauletteMatemaster

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Puzzle 0dh9Z

Rating 799 epauletteMatematemateIn1

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Puzzle 0L93A

Rating 802 endgameepauletteMatemaster

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Puzzle 02lt5

Rating 813 endgameepauletteMatehookMate

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Puzzle 0Axem

Rating 814 attackingF2F7epauletteMatemate

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Puzzle 0Bvvk

Rating 820 endgameepauletteMatemate

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Puzzle 0NKV2

Rating 822 epauletteMatematemateIn1

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Puzzle 09tah

Rating 831 endgameepauletteMatemaster

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Puzzle 0MriY

Rating 839 endgameepauletteMatemate

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Puzzle 00LWX

Rating 845 epauletteMatematemateIn1

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Puzzle 0Ckyp

Rating 846 endgameepauletteMatemate

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Puzzle 0KO6i

Rating 851 epauletteMatematemateIn2

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Puzzle 0B1JB

Rating 860 endgameepauletteMatemate

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Puzzle 0Igst

Rating 863 epauletteMatematemateIn1

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Puzzle 05bgw

Rating 864 epauletteMatematemateIn1

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