10 Arabian mates rated between 1600 and 1799, averaging 1722. Each position below is from a real game, with the solution given underneath — so you can check yourself immediately rather than guessing whether you were right.
The Arabian mate is a rook and knight cooperating in the corner: the knight covers the escape squares while the rook delivers mate. It is one of the oldest recorded patterns in chess.
These are pitched at 1600-rated players. Puzzle ratings work like player ratings: a puzzle rated 1600 is one that players around 1600 solve about half the time, so if you are getting most of these you should move up a band.
Solving from a page is good for pattern recognition but not for tracking progress. The rated puzzle trainer serves puzzles matched to your own rating and adjusts as you solve, and the Mistake Trainer builds puzzles from positions you actually got wrong in your own games.
Nxf3+ Kh1 Rg1#
Nf6+ Kh8 Rg8#
Nf6+ Kh8 Qxh6+ Bxh6 Rh7#
Qxh3+ gxh3 Rxg1#
Nc6+ Ka8 Ra7#
Bg7+ Rxg7 Rh5+ Rh7 Rxh7#
hxg7+ Rxg7 Rf8+ Rg8 Rxg8#
Nf6 Ra1+ Kh2 Rh1+ Kxh1 b2 Rh7#
Nf6+ Kh8 Qxh7+ Qxh7 Rxh7#
Nxf3+ Kh1 Qxh2+ Qxh2 Rxh2#
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The Arabian mate is a rook and knight cooperating in the corner: the knight covers the escape squares while the rook delivers mate. It is one of the oldest recorded patterns in chess.
Puzzle ratings work like player ratings. A puzzle rated 1600 is one that players rated around 1600 solve roughly half the time. The puzzles on this page average 1722, so they suit 1600-rated players.
Yes. Every puzzle on this page, including its solution, is free to view with no account. The rated trainer that tracks your progress and serves puzzles matched to your rating is part of Chess Ramp Premium.