Here are 'Arabian Mate' chess puzzles rated by lichess.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
Solutions are between the brackets under each puzzle.Drag your cursor from one bracket to the other.
Black mates in 2. Puzzle #ALXjl (1638)
6k1/p1pBrp1p/1p1p2p1/4n1r1/7Q/4PP1P/P1P1R2K/6R1 b - - 0 28
[ 28... Nxf3+ 29. Kh1 Rxg1# ]
Black mates in 2. Puzzle #CFI6f (1658)
6r1/p3k3/Q2b3p/2pp4/4pP1q/PP2Pn2/1B3PRP/6RK b - - 1 26
[ 26... Qxh2+ 27. Rxh2 Rxg1# ]
Black mates in 3. Puzzle #yd2nz (1662)
6r1/pp6/3pk3/2b1p2p/3nn3/2N1N2P/PPPP1P1K/R1B2R2 b - - 8 19
[ 19... Nf3+ 20. Kh1 Nxf2+ 21. Rxf2 Rg1# ]
White mates in 3. Puzzle #gcNdr (1694)
2kr1br1/R5pp/1n2p3/1Np1N3/3p1n2/3P4/1P1P2PP/2B3K1 w - - 0 20
[ 20. Rc7+ Kb8 21. Nc6+ Ka8 22. Ra7# ]
Black mates in 2. Puzzle #JFek6 (1722)
Br4k1/5ppp/4p3/8/p2P4/2n1BQ1P/1R3PP1/KN5q b - - 0 29
[ 29... Qxb1+ 30. Rxb1 Rxb1# ]
White mates in 2. Puzzle #VxhDL (1730)
r1b3k1/p1pp1R1p/4n3/3N3B/1p2P2P/3K4/PPP3q1/R7 w - - 8 25
[ 25. Nf6+ Kh8 26. Rxh7# ]
White mates in 2. Puzzle #2K2eV (1874)
r6k/p1pRq2p/1p2pNrQ/2b1P3/8/P4n2/1PP2P1P/2K5 w - - 0 22
[ 22. Qxh7+ Qxh7 23. Rxh7# ]
Black mates in 3. Puzzle #N98BC (1884)
6k1/2p2p2/3p2rp/NPp3nq/P1P1p3/4P2P/2Q2PPK/6R1 b - - 2 31
[ 31... Qxh3+ 32. gxh3 Nf3+ 33. Kh1 Rxg1# ]
White mates in 3. Puzzle #WI4cL (1966)
"2k4r/pp3pp1/4p1p1/1PP1nn2/Q1B5/7P/P2r2PK/2R1B3 b - - 2 28
[ 28... Nf3+ 29. Kh1 Rxh3+ 30. gxh3 Rh2# ]
White mates in 4. Puzzle #7k2C7 (2028)
3N4/3r4/k3pp1r/1pPpP2p/bR4p1/8/P4PPP/1R4K1 w - - 2 33
[ 33. Rxa4+ bxa4 34. Rb6+ Ka7 35. Nc6+ Ka8 36. Rb8# ]
Black mates in 4. Puzzle #JcABE (2085)
8/5pk1/1p1p4/1PqPn1r1/2p1N2R/6rP/1P1Q1RPK/8 b - - 1 38
[ 38... Rxg2+ 39. Rxg2 Nf3+ 40. Kh1 Qg1+ 41. Rxg1 Rxg1# ]
Black mates in 4. Puzzle #4KOuy (2092)
5k2/1pp3pn/p1N1Q3/3ppP1p/5pr1/2PP3K/PP3PR1/R7 b - - 0 30
[ 30... Ng5+ 31. Kh2 Nf3+ 32. Kh1 Rh4+ 33. Rh2 Rxh2# ]
White mates in 4. Puzzle #DAsxs (2201)
2r2rk1/1p3pp1/p3p2p/3pPn1N/6Q1/6PR/PPq2P1P/R5K1 w - - 3 23
[ 23. Qxg7+ Nxg7 24. Nf6+ Kh8 25. Rxh6+ Qh7 26. Rxh7# ]
White mates in 4. Puzzle #32tlH (2235)
k7/prb2q2/2N1b3/Q3p3/4P1pr/1P1R4/P4P2/1K6 w - - 5 42
[ 42. Rd8+ Bc8 43. Rxc8+ Bb8 44. Qxa7+ Rxa7 45. Rxb8# ]
White mates in 5. Puzzle #zIOWV (2544)
r6k/2qbb2r/3pppQ1/pnp4N/1p2P1P1/P2PR3/BPP2PP1/5RK1 w - - 6 23
[ 23. Rh3 Be8 24. Qg7+ Rxg7 25. Nxf6+ Bh5 26. Rxh5+ Rh7 27. Rxh7# ]
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