Back Rank checkmate puzzles
Back Rank Checkmate
The Back Rank checkmate is a checkmate pattern where a rook or a queen checkmates the opponent's king that is trapped in the back rank (1st rank for white, 8th rank for black) and is unable to block the check in any way. For example,
See if you can solve all of these puzzles!
Here is a simple puzzle:
(Note that you can also sack the queen, which the system doesn't accept.)
A variation of the back rank checkmate:
Finally, my favourite:
