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Smothered 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.

159 real-game puzzles in this collection

What is a smothered mate?

A lone knight mates a king completely boxed in by its own pieces. The classic finish sacrifices the queen on g8 or g1 to force the final self-blockade.

How to spot it

A cornered king, a knight reaching f7 or f2 with check, and a queen able to force the rook onto the escape square — the pattern almost plays itself.

What this set trains

The most beautiful forced sequence in chess, and a masterclass in double check and knight geometry.

Foundation: 110Developing: 39Challenging: 9Advanced: 1
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24 shown from 49500 locally materialized records.

Showing 97–120 of 159 matching records

foundation

Puzzle 0ETW8

Rating 1102 mastermasterVsMastermate
foundation

Puzzle 0FQxP

Rating 1186 discoveredCheckdoubleCheckkingsideAttack
foundation

Puzzle 06XV4

Rating 1197 mastermasterVsMastermate
developing

Puzzle 0IWnA

Rating 1204 discoveredCheckdoubleCheckkingsideAttack
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Puzzle 0RQKZ

Rating 1235 kingsideAttackmatemateIn2
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Puzzle 0Cc9M

Rating 1247 discoveredCheckdoubleChecklong
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Puzzle 09t3o

Rating 1263 discoveredCheckdoubleCheckendgame
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Puzzle 0PHYj

Rating 1265 discoveredCheckdoubleCheckkingsideAttack
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Puzzle 0OpET

Rating 1271 discoveredCheckdoubleChecklong
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Puzzle 0L9US

Rating 1278 mastermasterVsMastermate
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Puzzle 04fMB

Rating 1298 discoveredCheckdoubleCheckkingsideAttack
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