Chess960 puzzles: Mate in 2
A forced checkmate in two moves.
Mate in two: your move, any reply, then the mating blow. Start with the most forcing first moves — checks and sacrifices that shrink the opponent's options to almost nothing. Against every single reply you must have a mate ready, so check them all without exception. The common failure is analyzing the pretty defense and forgetting the boring one.
3489 puzzles
Mate in 2: queen to d5
Mate in 2: queen to h2
Back-rank mate in 2 on e1
Mate in 2: rook to f1
Mate in 2: rook to b8
Mate in 2: rook to a1
Mate in 2: rook to d8
Mate in 2: queen to f8
Back-rank mate in 2 on a1
Back-rank mate in 2 on e8
Mate in 2: rook to c1
Back-rank mate in 2 on d1
Mate in 2: queen to a8
Mate in 2: queen to c1
Mate in 2: queen to e1
Back-rank mate in 2 on d1 (d8)
Back-rank mate in 2 on d1 (d6)
Back-rank mate in 2 on d1 (d3)
Mate in 2: pin on d8
Back-rank mate in 2 on d1 (d7)
Mate in 2: rook to d1
Mate in 2: queen to b8
Mate in 2: rook to f8
Mate in 2: queen to d1
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