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Chess960 puzzles: Pawn mate

The humblest soldier delivers the final blow.

The pawn mate lets the humblest soldier land the final blow. It happens to a king stuck among its own and enemy pieces: the pawn strikes diagonally from one square away and there is nowhere left to run. The sign: the squares around the king are covered or occupied, and your pawn stands one step from striking distance. Never write pawns out of your attack — their blows are the cheapest and therefore the most humiliating.

187 puzzles

Mate in 1: pawn to c2
Shuffle Rating 644
Mate in 1: pawn to c5
Shuffle Rating 658
Mate in 1: pawn to g3
Shuffle Rating 850
Mate in 1: pawn to a2
Shuffle Rating 870
Mate in 2: pawn to c4
Shuffle Rating 939
Mate in 1: pawn to g5
Shuffle Rating 944
Mate in 1: pawn to h5
Shuffle Rating 951
Mate in 2: bishop to g3
Shuffle Rating 962
Mate in 2: rook to e3
Shuffle Rating 1009
Mate in 2: queen to a6
Shuffle Rating 1090
Mate in 2: queen to b5
Shuffle Rating 1090
Mate in 2: bishop to a4
Shuffle Rating 1090
Attack on the uncastled king: queen to e8 (e3·2)
Shuffle Rating 1090
Attack on the uncastled king: knight to f6 (e4·9)
Shuffle Rating 1090
Mate in 2: rook to f8 (d8)
Shuffle Rating 1090
Mate in 2: knight to d6 (f5·3)
Shuffle Rating 1090
Mate in 3: queen to e8
Shuffle Rating 1113
Mate in 1: pawn to g3 (f2)
Shuffle Rating 1139
Mate in 1: pawn to h5 (h4)
Shuffle Rating 1140
Mate in 2: bishop to d3 (a6)
Shuffle Rating 1140
Mate in 2: knight to h4
Shuffle Rating 1149
Mate in 1: pawn to g2
Shuffle Rating 1149
Mate in 2: pawn to f4
Shuffle Rating 1161
Mate in 2: pawn to h5 (h6)
Shuffle Rating 1191

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