435 real-game puzzles in this collection
What is a opera mate?
Named after Morphy’s famous opera-house game: a rook (or queen) mates along the back rank or central file while a bishop pins or covers the diagonal escape.
How to spot it
A bishop slicing toward the king’s escape diagonal plus a heavy piece owning the open file — when both lines meet at the king, the mate is there.
What this set trains
A pattern that teaches piece harmony: two long-range pieces covering complementary lines.
Foundation: 255Developing: 86Challenging: 67Advanced: 27
challenging
Rating 1664
attractionendgamelong
challenging
Rating 1666
endgamematemateIn2
challenging
Rating 1676
matemateIn1middlegame
challenging
Rating 1676
endgamemastermate
challenging
Rating 1683
matemateIn2middlegame
challenging
Rating 1688
endgamematemateIn2
challenging
Rating 1688
endgamelongmate
challenging
Rating 1690
attractionkingsideAttacklong
challenging
Rating 1692
matemateIn2middlegame
challenging
Rating 1705
kingsideAttackmatemateIn2
challenging
Rating 1722
endgamematemateIn2
challenging
Rating 1725
matemateIn2middlegame
challenging
Rating 1726
discoveredCheckdoubleCheckmaster
challenging
Rating 1728
exposedKinglongmate
challenging
Rating 1735
attractionkingsideAttackmate
challenging
Rating 1735
matemateIn2middlegame
challenging
Rating 1745
clearancemastermate
challenging
Rating 1749
epauletteMatematemateIn2
challenging
Rating 1752
endgamematemateIn2
challenging
Rating 1756
matemateIn2middlegame
challenging
Rating 1761
clearancekingsideAttackmate
challenging
Rating 1763
discoveredAttacklongmate
challenging
Rating 1764
attractionendgamemate
challenging
Rating 1771
attractionkingsideAttacklong
No local records match those filters.