Examples of dovetail 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 3. Puzzle #ZE8hO (1813)
8/4r1kp/6p1/pRQq4/P4P2/6P1/1P5P/6K1 b - - 0 34
[ 34... Re1+ 35. Kf2 Qd2+ 36. Kf3 Qe2# ]
Whit mates in 5. Puzzle #qWqvx (1826)
r1b5/pp3knQ/4p2p/3pP3/3P2p1/P1qB4/5PKP/8 w - - 4 36
[ 36. Bg6+ Kf8 37. Qh8+ Ke7 38. Qxg7+ Kd8 39. Qf8+ Kc7 40. Qd6# ]
Black mates in 3. Puzzle #AT9ZY (1833)
2r3k1/5pb1/p1rR2pp/1p6/2P3PP/1P4B1/P3PP2/qQKR4 b - - 2 22
[ 22... Rxc4+ 23. bxc4 Rxc4+ 24. Kd2 Qc3# ]
Black mates in 2. Puzzle #D4tOf (1842)
8/8/5bp1/1Q1R1pkp/P1K5/7P/8/1q6 b - - 21 61
[ 61... Qc2+ 62. Kb4 Qc3# ]
Black mates in 3. Puzzle #O7EAc (1888)
5r2/pp3rk1/2p1Q1p1/7p/3qN1pP/2P5/PP5R/2K4R b - - 0 29
[ 29... Rf1+ 30. Rxf1 Rxf1+ 31. Kc2 Qd1# ]
White mates in 3. Puzzle #RbpZI (1901)
k7/1p4p1/p3p1qp/1PQpP3/2pP4/5r2/PK6/8 w - - 0 37
[ 37. Qc8+ Ka7 38. b6+ Kxb6 39. Qc5# ]
White mates in 3. Puzzle #NXlMU (1986)
5r1k/ppp1r3/2n3Q1/8/4R3/4P2P/P5PK/4q3 w - - 1 30
[ 30. Qh6+ Kg8 31. Rg4+ Kf7 32. Qg6# ]
White mates in 3. Puzzle #gsPl1 (2075)
3q2rk/pp2bp1p/2r1p3/3pnp1R/3P1B2/2P5/PP3PPP/R2Q2K1 w - - 0 20
[ 20. Rxh7+ Kxh7 21. Qh5+ Kg7 22. Qh6# ]
Black mates in 2. Puzzle #8GxwO (2102)
6r1/pp1q1p1k/2n2p1p/2Pp3B/2p2Q2/2P4N/PP3P2/R3RK2 b - - 0 24
[ 24... Qxh3+ 25. Ke2 Qd3# ]
White mates in 4. Puzzle #OVUGI (2379)
r4k2/1p2r3/p3p1R1/5q1Q/8/P4P2/1P5P/7K w - - 6 35
[ 35. Qh8+ Kf7 36. Rg7+ Kf6 37. Rg8+ Rg7 38. Qxg7# ]
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