10 mate-in-two puzzles rated between 2000 and 2199, averaging 2065. 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 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.
Qh6+ Ke7 Qg7#
Rxc3+ bxc3 Ba3#
Qxa6+ bxa6 Rxa6#
Ne1+ Kg1 Qg2#
Qa5+ b6 Qxb6#
Rxg4+ Kf1 Rg1#
Nxf6+ Ke7 Qd6#
Bb4+ c5 Bxc5#
Qxa7+ Kxa7 Ra3#
a5 b4 b6#
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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 2000 is one that players rated around 2000 solve roughly half the time. The puzzles on this page average 2065, 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.