Examples of 'double bishop 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.
White mates in 3. Puzzle #eeC8T (1683)
5r1k/pp1n3p/1q4p1/8/2B2QP1/8/PP3b1B/R4K2 w - - 0 29
[ 29. Qxf8+ Nxf8 30. Be5+ Qf6 31. Bxf6# ]
Black mates in 3. Puzzle #6LVLU (1773)
3r2k1/pp1q1ppp/5n2/4B1Q1/6b1/1NP3P1/PP3bBP/R6K b - - 0 20
[ 20... Qd1+ 21. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 22. Bf1 Bf3# ]
Black mates in 2. Puzzle #3J1IM (1780)
r3k2r/ppp3p1/2nb3p/3P1pqb/4p3/PP2P2P/1BQN1PP1/R3KB1R b KQkq - 0 14
[ 14... Qxe3+ 15. fxe3 Bg3# ]
White mates in 3. Puzzle #mIeU4 (1865)
7k/3bq2p/3Q1bp1/1p1B1p2/p1pP1B1P/2P3P1/5P1K/8 w - - 2 49
[ 49. Qxe7 Bxe7 50. Be5+ Bf6 51. Bxf6# ]
Black mates in 2. Puzzle #bDGBY (1993)
r3r1k1/pp3ppp/3p1n2/2bP3b/4P3/1QN2P1q/PPBN3P/R1B2R1K b - - 2 19
[ 19... Qxf1+ 20. Nxf1 Bxf3# ]
Black mates in 3. Puzzle #BTIqI (2013)
r4k1r/pb3ppp/2B2B2/4pq2/Q1Pb4/2N3P1/PP3P1P/R2R2K1 b - - 0 16
[ 16... Qxf2+ 17. Kh1 Qf3+ 18. Bxf3 Bxf3# ]
White mates in 2. Puzzle #8DEww (2024)
2r1kb1r/3n1pp1/p1qp3p/1p1Qp3/5P1B/3B4/PPP3PP/2KRR3 w k - 0 17
[ 17. Qe6+ fxe6 18. Bg6# ]
White mates in 2. Puzzle #7WMhh (2057)
r6k/1p2b2p/p1b1BN2/4B3/8/1P1p3P/P3r3/3n3K w - - 2 42
[ 42. Ne4+ Bf6 43. Bxf6# ]
White mates in 3. Puzzle #XdmZO (2210)
3rRb1k/1p5p/p1nB2p1/8/3p4/1BPQ1r1q/PP3P2/4R1K1 w - - 2 28
[ 28. Qxd4+ Nxd4 29. Be5+ Rf6 30. Bxf6# ]
Black mates in 4. Puzzle #sDPSf (2497)
r4r2/2pp1N1k/bp2N1p1/n3P3/8/2P3Pq/P1B2b1P/R1BQR2K b - - 1 22
[ 22... Qf1+ 23. Rxf1 Bb7+ 24. Be4 Bxe4+ 25. Qf3 Bxf3# ]
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