10 mate-in-three puzzles rated between 2000 and 2199, averaging 2080. 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 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.
Rxh6+ gxh6 Qe5+ Nf6 Qxf6#
Qxf2+ Rxf2 Rxd1+ Rf1 Rdxf1#
Nf6+ gxf6 Rg4+ Kh8 Qxf6#
Qh8+ Ke7 Ng6+ fxg6 Qxg7#
Qf3 Qd5 Rxg2+ Kh1 Qh3#
Re1+ Bf1 Ne2+ Kh1 Rxf1#
Qxf8+ Kxf8 Rd8+ Ke7 Nc6#
Nf3+ gxf3 Qg5+ Kh1 Bxf3#
Qxh7+ Kf8 Qh8+ Bxh8 Rxh8#
Rd1+ Kc3 Qe1+ Kc4 b5#
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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 2000 is one that players rated around 2000 solve roughly half the time. The puzzles on this page average 2080, 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.