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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 49–72 of 151 matching records

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Puzzle 08xP8

Rating 883 epauletteMatematemateIn1

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Puzzle 08jq1

Rating 888 epauletteMatematemateIn1

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Puzzle 0680n

Rating 889 endgameepauletteMatemate

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Puzzle 02fPe

Rating 898 endgameepauletteMatehookMate

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Puzzle 055YO

Rating 915 endgameepauletteMatemate

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Puzzle 0Br73

Rating 921 endgameepauletteMatemate

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Puzzle 09KHF

Rating 922 endgameepauletteMatehookMate

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Puzzle 06uYP

Rating 924 discoveredCheckdoubleCheckepauletteMate

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Puzzle 01zHy

Rating 925 endgameepauletteMatemaster

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Puzzle 0L5tx

Rating 927 endgameepauletteMatemaster

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Puzzle 0Fhsw

Rating 931 endgameepauletteMatemate

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Puzzle 04bch

Rating 938 discoveredCheckdoubleCheckendgame

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Puzzle 0ILxg

Rating 946 endgameepauletteMatemate

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Puzzle 0NIZD

Rating 946 endgameepauletteMatemate

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Puzzle 0PHdD

Rating 948 endgameepauletteMatemate

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Puzzle 07SAG

Rating 959 epauletteMatekingsideAttackmate

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Puzzle 0OiNh

Rating 968 endgameepauletteMatemate

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Puzzle 03nfq

Rating 972 epauletteMatematemateIn1

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Puzzle 0FyRc

Rating 990 discoveredCheckdoubleCheckepauletteMate

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Puzzle 0GHfX

Rating 992 endgameepauletteMatemate

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Puzzle 0IxQB

Rating 995 endgameepauletteMatemate

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Puzzle 07R5e

Rating 1002 endgameepauletteMatemaster

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Puzzle 04o8W

Rating 1028 endgameepauletteMatemate

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Puzzle 020XG

Rating 1037 endgameepauletteMatemate

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