10 mate-in-three puzzles rated between 1400 and 1599, averaging 1451. 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 three requires holding a branching tree in your head. Start from the mating picture you want and work backwards to the move that forces it, rather than searching forwards from checks.
These are pitched at 1400-rated players. Puzzle ratings work like player ratings: a puzzle rated 1400 is one that players around 1400 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.
Rac8+ Kb1 Qxd1+ Bxd1 Rxd1#
Rxh7+ Kxh7 Rh1+ Kg7 Qh8#
Qxf2+ Rxf2 Rd1+ Ne1 Rxe1#
Rxf8+ Kxf8 Rc8+ Kg7 Qh8#
Rc2+ Ke1 Re2+ Kf1 Rd1#
Qxf7+ Rxf7 Rc8+ Rf8 Rfxf8#
Qa6 Qc8 Nxc6+ Ka8 Qxa7#
Ne7+ Rxe7 Qxd8+ Re8 Qxe8#
Rxf2+ Rxf2 Qxf2+ Kh3 Qf1#
Qxd5+ Re4 Qxe4+ f3 Qxf3#
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Mate in three requires holding a branching tree in your head. Start from the mating picture you want and work backwards to the move that forces it, rather than searching forwards from checks.
Puzzle ratings work like player ratings. A puzzle rated 1400 is one that players rated around 1400 solve roughly half the time. The puzzles on this page average 1451, so they suit 1400-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.