10 Arabian mates rated between 1800 and 1999, averaging 1902. 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 1800-rated players. Puzzle ratings work like player ratings: a puzzle rated 1800 is one that players around 1800 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.
Qg8+ Rxg8 Rxh7#
Nf3+ Kh1 Rcxh2#
Nf6+ Kh8 Rxh7#
Rc1+ Rb1 Rxb1#
Re7+ Kf8 Nd7+ Kg8 Nf6+ Kh8 Rh7#
Nf6+ Kh8 Qxh7+ Qxh7 Rxh7#
Rh7+ Kxh7 Nf6+ Kh8 Rxg8#
Nf6+ Kh8 Qf8+ Bxf8 Rg8#
Rhxh6+ Qxh6 Rg8#
Rxg2 Rxg2 Nf2+ Rxf2 Rg1#
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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 1800 is one that players rated around 1800 solve roughly half the time. The puzzles on this page average 1902, so they suit 1800-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.