10 mate-in-three puzzles rated between 800 and 999, averaging 899. 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 800-rated players. Puzzle ratings work like player ratings: a puzzle rated 800 is one that players around 800 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.
Qxf2+ Kh1 Qf1+ Rxf1 Rxf1#
Qxf7+ Kh8 Qf8+ Bxf8 Rxf8#
Rxf1+ Kh2 Be5+ g3 Rd2#
Qxf2+ Kh1 Qf1+ Rxf1 Rxf1#
Rd8+ Rxd8 Rxd8+ Kh7 Qh4#
Rf1+ Qxf1 Rxf1+ Rd1 Rxd1#
Rc1+ Nd1 Rxd1+ Bf1 Rdxf1#
Qb8+ Bc8 Qxc8+ Qd8 Qxd8#
Rxd1+ Nxd1 Qe1+ Qf1 Qxf1#
Re8+ Bf8 Rxf8+ Rxf8 Qxf8#
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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 800 is one that players rated around 800 solve roughly half the time. The puzzles on this page average 899, so they suit 800-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.