10 mate-in-two puzzles rated between 1600 and 1799, averaging 1639. 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.
Mate in two: one forcing move, any legal reply, then mate. The discipline is to check every opponent reply rather than only the one you expect, because a mate in two that fails to one defence is not a mate in two.
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.
Qf1+ Kh2 Rxg2#
Re8+ Rxe8 dxe8=Q#
Rg8+ Kh6 Qg5#
Qg2+ Kxh4 Qh2#
Rf2+ Ke1 Qd2#
Bxf7+ Ke7 Nf5#
Rxh5+ Kg6 Qg4#
Qxg6+ Ke7 Qe6#
Qc6+ Kb8 Qxc8#
Qg6+ Kf8 Rd8#
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Mate in two: one forcing move, any legal reply, then mate. The discipline is to check every opponent reply rather than only the one you expect, because a mate in two that fails to one defence is not a mate in two.
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 1639, 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.