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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.

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Puzzle 05cho

Rating 1042 epauletteMatematemateIn1

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Puzzle 0BJPo

Rating 1050 epauletteMatematemateIn1

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Puzzle 08yAx

Rating 1061 epauletteMatematemateIn2

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Puzzle 0KN1P

Rating 1061 doubleCheckepauletteMatemate

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Puzzle 0LbkZ

Rating 1061 endgameepauletteMatelong

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Puzzle 0DiBH

Rating 1065 endgameepauletteMatemate

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Puzzle 09oAC

Rating 1079 endgameepauletteMatehookMate

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Puzzle 0GqIe

Rating 1091 epauletteMatematemateIn1

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Puzzle 0Bsph

Rating 1097 endgameepauletteMatemate

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Puzzle 0Iilp

Rating 1104 epauletteMatematemateIn2

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Puzzle 0O7E1

Rating 1125 deflectionendgameepauletteMate

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Puzzle 0LHoH

Rating 1127 endgameepauletteMatemate

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Puzzle 09fQL

Rating 1133 endgameepauletteMatemate

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Puzzle 02FvD

Rating 1166 endgameepauletteMatemate

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Puzzle 03Zi5

Rating 1166 endgameepauletteMatemate

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Puzzle 01QId

Rating 1170 endgameepauletteMatemate

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Puzzle 08Ev3

Rating 1174 epauletteMatematemateIn1

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Puzzle 0Gaw6

Rating 1179 endgameepauletteMatemate

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Puzzle 0Bj04

Rating 1195 epauletteMatematemateIn1

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Puzzle 0NeOz

Rating 1206 endgameepauletteMatemate

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Puzzle 0Esux

Rating 1218 epauletteMatematemateIn1

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Puzzle 07xqL

Rating 1232 epauletteMatematemateIn2

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Puzzle 01KVi

Rating 1252 endgameepauletteMatemate

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Puzzle 023qj

Rating 1270 epauletteMatemastermate

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