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
Mate in 1: pawn to c5
Mate in 1: pawn to g3
Mate in 1: pawn to a2
Mate in 2: pawn to c4
Mate in 1: pawn to g5
Mate in 1: pawn to h5
Mate in 2: bishop to g3
Mate in 2: rook to e3
Mate in 2: queen to a6
Mate in 2: queen to b5
Mate in 2: bishop to a4
Attack on the uncastled king: queen to e8 (e3·2)
Attack on the uncastled king: knight to f6 (e4·9)
Mate in 2: rook to f8 (d8)
Mate in 2: knight to d6 (f5·3)
Mate in 3: queen to e8
Mate in 1: pawn to g3 (f2)
Mate in 1: pawn to h5 (h4)
Mate in 2: bishop to d3 (a6)
Mate in 2: knight to h4
Mate in 1: pawn to g2
Mate in 2: pawn to f4
Mate in 2: pawn to h5 (h6)