10 hook mates rated between 2200 and 3500, averaging 2394. 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 2200+-rated players. Puzzle ratings work like player ratings: a puzzle rated 2200+ is one that players around 2200+ 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.
R7d3+ Nxd3 Re2+ Kd4 Re4#
Nf6+ Kh8 Qxg7+ Bxg7 Rd8+ Bf8 Rxf8+ Kg7 Rg8#
Rh8+ Kg7 Ne8+ Kxh8 Rh1+ Kg8 Nf6+ Kg7 Rh7+ Kf8 Rh8+ Ke7 Re8#
Rd8 Rh8 Rxh8 Kxh8 Rh3+ Kg7 Rh7+ Kf8 Rh8+ Ke7 Re8#
Rb6+ Kxb6 Nd5+ Kc6 Rc7#
Nc5+ Kd2 Rd4+ Kc3 b4+ Kxd4 Re4#
Qxf8+ Kxf8 Ne6+ Ke8 Rf8+ Kd7 Rd8#
Qxh7+ Kxh7 Re3 Kg8 Rh3 Rfe7 Rh8+ Kf7 Rf8#
Qg1+ Ke2 Rf2+ Kd3 Qf1+ Qxf1 Rd2#
Kb2 Nxb4 Rd4+ Kc5 cxb4+ Kc6 Rd6#
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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 2200+ is one that players rated around 2200+ solve roughly half the time. The puzzles on this page average 2394, so they suit 2200+-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.