10 hook mates rated between 2000 and 2199, averaging 2073. 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.
Hook mate uses a rook, knight and pawn together, with the knight protected by the pawn and the rook cutting off the king. It appears more often than its obscurity suggests.
These are pitched at 2000-rated players. Puzzle ratings work like player ratings: a puzzle rated 2000 is one that players around 2000 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.
Ng5 Rc7 Rxc7 b1=Q Rxh7#
Nd5+ Ke6 Re8+ Be7 Rxe7#
Rxa7+ Ba6 Bd2+ Kb5 a4+ Kc6 Rc7#
Re1+ Kb2 Nc3 Bg5 Rb1#
Qa8+ Bxa8 Rxa8+ Kb7 R1a7+ Kc6 Rxc7#
Rh6 Nxf3 Nxf3+ Kg2 Rh2#
Be8+ Rhxe8 Rc7#
Ne5+ Kf5 g4+ Kf6 Rf7#
Rf1+ Kd2 Nb1+ Ke3 Rf3#
Rc8+ Ke7 Rxf7+ Kd6 Rd8+ Nd7 Rfxd7#
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Hook mate uses a rook, knight and pawn together, with the knight protected by the pawn and the rook cutting off the king. It appears more often than its obscurity suggests.
Puzzle ratings work like player ratings. A puzzle rated 2000 is one that players rated around 2000 solve roughly half the time. The puzzles on this page average 2073, so they suit 2000-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.