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Chess960 puzzles: Corner mate

Driven into the corner, the king runs out of squares.

The corner mate catches a king driven into the corner, where it has only three neighboring squares — all of them taken away or blocked. The corner is the worst home for a king, because the attacker needs to control the fewest squares there. Herd the king toward the corner with checks and never let it slip back toward the center. Cut off the escape routes before the final check, and the mate practically assembles itself.

637 puzzles

Back-rank mate in 2 on e1
Shuffle Rating 604 · Back rank
Mate in 2: rook to f1
Shuffle Rating 604 · Mate in 2
Mate in 1: queen to h7 (e4)
Shuffle Rating 607 · Mate in 1
Mate in 1: queen to f1
Shuffle Rating 619 · Mate in 1
Mate in 1: knight to c7
Shuffle Rating 620 · Chess960 specifics
Mate in 1: queen to f8
Shuffle Rating 620 · Hanging piece
Back-rank mate in 2 on c8
Shuffle Rating 640 · Back rank
Mate in 2: queen to g6
Shuffle Rating 642 · Mate in 2
Mate in 1: queen to f1 (f2)
Shuffle Rating 655 · Mate in 1
Mate in 2: rook to f8 (f3)
Shuffle Rating 655 · Mate in 2
Mate in 1: queen to h2 (f4)
Shuffle Rating 657 · Mate in 1
Mate in 2: rook to e8
Shuffle Rating 660 · Mate in 2
Mate in 2: queen to h2 (h4)
Shuffle Rating 664 · Mate in 2
Mate in 1: queen to h2 (h5)
Shuffle Rating 665 · Mate in 1
Mate in 1: queen to g7 (g5·2)
Shuffle Rating 670 · Mate in 1
Mate in 1: rook to h2 (f2)
Shuffle Rating 671 · Mate in 1
Mate in 2: queen to f8 (f4)
Shuffle Rating 680 · Mate in 2
Mate in 1: queen to f8 (c5)
Shuffle Rating 685 · Hanging piece
Mate in 2: rook to d1 (d2)
Shuffle Rating 686 · Mate in 2
Mate in 2: rook to f1 (f7)
Shuffle Rating 691 · Mate in 2
Mate in 2: queen to e8
Shuffle Rating 702 · Mate in 2
Mate in 2: queen to e1 (e3)
Shuffle Rating 703 · Mate in 2
Mate in 2: queen to e1 (e7)
Shuffle Rating 705 · Mate in 2
Mate in 1: queen to e8 (h5)
Shuffle Rating 714 · Mate in 1

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