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

Shuffle Rating 602

Mate in 2: queen to h2

Shuffle Rating 603

Back-rank mate in 2 on e1

Shuffle Rating 604

Mate in 2: rook to f1

Shuffle Rating 604

Mate in 2: rook to b8

Shuffle Rating 605

Mate in 2: rook to a1

Shuffle Rating 607

Mate in 2: rook to d8

Shuffle Rating 609

Mate in 2: queen to f8

Shuffle Rating 611

Back-rank mate in 2 on a1

Shuffle Rating 612

Back-rank mate in 2 on e8

Shuffle Rating 616

Mate in 2: rook to c1

Shuffle Rating 617

Back-rank mate in 2 on d1

Shuffle Rating 617

Mate in 2: queen to a8

Shuffle Rating 617

Mate in 2: queen to c1

Shuffle Rating 617

Mate in 2: queen to e1

Shuffle Rating 620

Back-rank mate in 2 on d1 (d8)

Shuffle Rating 623

Back-rank mate in 2 on d1 (d6)

Shuffle Rating 624

Back-rank mate in 2 on d1 (d3)

Shuffle Rating 625

Mate in 2: pin on d8

Shuffle Rating 627

Back-rank mate in 2 on d1 (d7)

Shuffle Rating 627

Mate in 2: rook to d1

Shuffle Rating 630

Mate in 2: queen to b8

Shuffle Rating 632

Mate in 2: rook to f8

Shuffle Rating 637

Mate in 2: queen to d1

Shuffle Rating 638

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