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A mate-in-two puzzle is forced mate in two moves against any defence. The difficulty jumps from mate in one because you must check every enemy reply to your first move, not just the reply you expect.
Find the candidate first move — often a sacrifice that removes a defender or drags the king onto a fatal square — then verify that every legal answer runs into mate. If one defence survives, the candidate is wrong, however attractive it looks.
This trainer draws on 1,201 puzzles tagged with the mate in 2 theme, rated from 399 to 2343 with a median of 1093. Every position comes from a real game in the Lichess open puzzle database, so the tactics are ones that actually occurred over the board rather than composed studies.
A mate-in-two puzzle is forced mate in two moves against any defence. The difficulty jumps from mate in one because you must check every enemy reply to your first move, not just the reply you expect.
There are 1,201 puzzles carrying this theme, with difficulty ratings from 399 to 2343. The median puzzle is rated 1093, which sits in the novice range.
Find the candidate first move — often a sacrifice that removes a defender or drags the king onto a fatal square — then verify that every legal answer runs into mate. If one defence survives, the candidate is wrong, however attractive it looks.
Yes. Every puzzle is free and unlimited, with no account required. The puzzles come from the Lichess open puzzle database, which is released into the public domain.