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Corner mate

A corner mate traps the king in the corner of the board. Fewer flight squares exist there, so a knight, rook, or queen needs to cover only a small set of squares.

When the enemy king is on a8, a1, h8, or h1, list the two or three neighboring squares and see which of your pieces already cover them.

Source database: 10,782 puzzles with this tag. This trainer: 180.

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Puzzle rating 952 · played 2,107 times in the source set

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