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CHESS PUZZLES

The goal of all chess puzzles is to checkmate your virtual opponent no matter what moves they make (i.e. a forced mate), in the requested number of moves. Some chess puzzles are created from actual chess games played online, and some are purely composed chess problems, sometimes even with positions that cannot be reached in a real game of chess. All chess puzzles are automatically verified, so all solutions are guaranteed to be correct and complete. However, there is always a chance that a shorter solution exists, so if you believe you found a better solution to any of the chess puzzles, please use Options → Another solution in the bottom right corner of the puzzle window to enter it.
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PuzzleCreatedInfoColorMovesCommentsDifficultySolved/Tried%
23570014-Mar-20
Enjoy Chess !
B
41
chess puzzle #235700
0 / 00%
23569914-Mar-20
Enjoy Chess !
W
31
chess puzzle #235699
0 / 00%
23569814-Mar-20
Blitz against Harald the Bold. Starting with a family fork
More solutions: kapila
B
60
chess puzzle #235698
3 / 560%
23569714-Mar-20
Enjoy Chess !
B
20
chess puzzle #235697
2 / 2100%
23569614-Mar-20
Enjoy Chess !
W
20
chess puzzle #235696
2 / 2100%
23569314-Mar-20
Edgar Hollayday The Problemist 1974/ FOUR SOLUTIONS!
More solutions: fredkohn
W
20
chess puzzle #235693
6 / 785%
23569214-Mar-20
Edgar Hollayday, The British Chess Magazine, 1953/Honourable mention
W
20
chess puzzle #235692
2 / 366%
23569114-Mar-20
Edgar Hollayday,Problemist Supplement 1969
W
20
chess puzzle #235691
3 / 560%
23569014-Mar-20
After Edgar Hollayday US Problem Bulletin, 1996
W
41
chess puzzle #235690
4 / 580%
23568914-Mar-20
Edgar Hollayday, US Problem Bulletin, January 1991
W
41
chess puzzle #235689
1 / 425%
23568814-Mar-20
Edgar Holladay, Ideal Mate Review, 1993
W
41
chess puzzle #235688
2 / 450%
23568714-Mar-20
Edgar Dinwiddie Holladay, Pat A Mat, 1994
W
40
chess puzzle #235687
2 / 540%
23568514-Mar-20
Edgar Holladay, Ideal Mate Review, 1996
W
50
chess puzzle #235685
2 / 540%
23568414-Mar-20
Edgar Holladay, Ideal Mate Review, 1998
W
40
chess puzzle #235684
2 / 540%
23568314-Mar-20
W
30
chess puzzle #235683
2 / 540%
23568214-Mar-20
twin of puzzle 235675 posted by camelcluch. Edgar Holladay, The British Chess Magazine, 1968; first …
W
35
chess puzzle #235682
3 / 560%
23568114-Mar-20
W
30
chess puzzle #235681
1 / 425%
23568014-Mar-20
Edgar Holladay, Strategems, 1999/ Zero position : a) Diagram; b) g7=>h8 c) g7=>f4; d) =c) and h3=>b…
W
41
chess puzzle #235680
2 / 2100%
23567914-Mar-20
te#18619
B
30
chess puzzle #235679
3 / 3100%
23567714-Mar-20
Robert Lincoln, 2013/ a tribute to the late Edgar Holladay who passed away in 2003.
W
20
chess puzzle #235677
2 / 2100%
23567614-Mar-20
Edgar Holladay, British Chess Magazine, 1947
W
20
chess puzzle #235676
2 / 2100%
23567514-Mar-20
Edgar Holladay, The British Chess Magazine, 1968; first Commendation /Zero position :a ) Diagram; …
W
31
chess puzzle #235675
3 / 475%
23567414-Mar-20
Jozef Majercak, Vychodoslovenske Noviny, 1971
W
41
chess puzzle #235674
1 / 1100%
23567314-Mar-20
Frank Janet, St Louis Globe Democrat, 1915
W
20
chess puzzle #235673
3 / 3100%
23567214-Mar-20
Noam D.Ellies, chess.exchange. com, March 12, 2020
More solutions: fredkohn, nea_caissa
W
203
chess puzzle #235672
4 / 666%
23567114-Mar-20
Robert Korpalski, Korpalskichess website, 14.03.2020.
W
20
chess puzzle #235671
3 / 3100%
23567014-Mar-20
3269
W
20
chess puzzle #235670
5 / 683%
23566914-Mar-20
#1275 hl6
W
20
chess puzzle #235669
4 / 580%
23566814-Mar-20
W
20
chess puzzle #235668
6 / 966%
23566614-Mar-20
Arthur Peter,The Wilmington Sunday .Morning Star, 1895
W
30
chess puzzle #235666
1 / 520%
23566514-Mar-20
Karl Ursprung , Wuzburg_Harburg_Wilhelmsburg, 1937/first prize
W
20
chess puzzle #235665
2 / 450%
23566414-Mar-20
Composed by Ivan Jelencik, Pravda, 1975
W
20
chess puzzle #235664
3 / 560%
23566214-Mar-20
Dieter Werner with Ralph Krachmer and Rupert Munz, Die Schawlbe 2013,2nd HM
W
61
chess puzzle #235662
3 / 650%
23566114-Mar-20
Enjoy Chess !
W
30
chess puzzle #235661
5 / 683%
23565914-Mar-20
W
30
chess puzzle #235659
1 / 137%
23565814-Mar-20
W
32
chess puzzle #235658
1 / 616%
23565714-Mar-20
S J Hooker - Nigel Short, Enfield Open 1975
B
30
chess puzzle #235657
3 / 3100%
23565614-Mar-20
W
20
chess puzzle #235656
2 / 450%
23565514-Mar-20
Kurt Keller (Ulm, Germany), DER NEUE TAG (217be) 2020-02-26. Quintuplet
W
35
chess puzzle #235655
4 / 4100%
23565414-Mar-20
Kurt Keller (Ulm, Germany), DER NEUE TAG (217bd) 2020-02-26. Quintuplet
W
310
chess puzzle #235654
4 / 4100%

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