Puzzles
Mate in three
Three moves deep against every defence. These are the ones worth setting up on a real board.
27 puzzles at mate in 3, each one proven rather than estimated: for every position, the listed move was played against every legal defence to the full mate distance, and every defence loses. Each puzzle has exactly one winning first move, so there is a single answer to find.
- Mate in 3x0004 · rating 2070
- Mate in 3x0010 · rating 2110
- Mate in 3x0016 · rating 2293
- Mate in 3x0022 · rating 2201
- Mate in 3x0028 · rating 2257
- Mate in 3x0034 · rating 2051
- Mate in 3x0040 · 2162
- Mate in 3x0046 · 2263
- Mate in 3x0052 · 2131
- Mate in 3x0058 · 2181
- Mate in 3x0064 · 2236
- Mate in 3x0070 · 2246
- Mate in 3x0076 · 2304
- Mate in 3x0082 · 2268
- Mate in 3x0088 · 2115
- Mate in 3x0094 · 2292
- Mate in 3x0100 · 2176
- Mate in 3x0106 · 2057
- Mate in 3x0112 · 2135
- Mate in 3x0118 · 2153
- Mate in 3x0124 · 2303
- Mate in 3x0130 · 2223
- Mate in 3x0136 · 2282
- Mate in 3x0142 · 2134
- Mate in 3x0148 · 2069
- Mate in 3x0154 · 2275
- Mate in 3x0160 · 2244
Prefer to solve them on a board that moves? The puzzle trainer plays the defence for you. The patterns behind these finishes are named in the glossary, and the piece guides cover what each piece can do.