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%
25322615-Mar-21
Efrén Petite. Latvijas Zeme, 1996.
W
20
chess puzzle #253226
3 / 1323%
25322515-Mar-21
Efrén Petite. The Problemist. 1997.
W
20
chess puzzle #253225
3 / 650%
25322415-Mar-21
José Antonio Coello & Efrén Petite, 1986.
W
30
chess puzzle #253224
2 / 728%
25322315-Mar-21
José Antonio Coello, 1986.
W
20
chess puzzle #253223
2 / 728%
25322215-Mar-21
José Antonio Coello, 2000.
W
20
chess puzzle #253222
1 / 425%
25322115-Mar-21
Kupper, Josef idee & form, Jan 2013
W
20
chess puzzle #253221
2 / 728%
25321915-Mar-21
Miguel Uris. 7º Premio, 6ª Copa FIDE 2018.
W
20
chess puzzle #253219
3 / 742%
25321815-Mar-21
Valery Shanshin y José Antonio Coello. 3º Premio, The Problemist 2017.
W
20
chess puzzle #253218
2 / 540%
25321715-Mar-21
Vasil Dyachuck. 1º Premio, Liberte-Dimanche 1996.
W
20
chess puzzle #253217
1 / 520%
25321615-Mar-21
Peter Gvodzyak y L'udovit Lacny. 1º Premio, Hlas l'udu 1988.
W
20
chess puzzle #253216
2 / 540%
25321515-Mar-21
Miguel Uris y Luis Gómez. Recomendado, Jubilee Givi Mosiashvili-70, 2018.
W
20
chess puzzle #253215
1 / 333%
25321415-Mar-21
Vasil Krizhanivsky. 3º Premio, 2ª Copa FIDE 2011.
W
20
chess puzzle #253214
1 / 333%
25321315-Mar-21
Luis Gómez Palazón. Premio Especial, ChessStar 2018.
W
20
chess puzzle #253213
1 / 250%
25321215-Mar-21
Miguel Uris. 4ª/6ª Mención, ChessStar 2018.
W
20
chess puzzle #253212
2 / 728%
25321115-Mar-21
B. Burashnikov. 1º Premio, Komsomolskaya Pradva 1931.
W
20
chess puzzle #253211
2 / 450%
25321015-Mar-21
Daniel Perone (Mención de Honor Especial, Memorial Musante 100, 2017.
W
30
chess puzzle #253210
1 / 425%
25320915-Mar-21
W
30
chess puzzle #253209
6 / 966%
25320815-Mar-21
Josef Mettler, Idee and Form, October 2012, see also the previous problem pz=253207
W
40
chess puzzle #253208
5 / 955%
25320715-Mar-21
Josef Mettler, Idee and Form, October 2012
W
41
chess puzzle #253207
5 / 5100%
25320615-Mar-21
Uwe Karbowiak with Ralf Kratschmer (camelcluch version), Sachsische Zeitung, December 12, 2015
More solutions: abwolffang21ba
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103
chess puzzle #253206
2 / 728%
25320415-Mar-21
Croitor M, Zadaci i Etiudy, 2020
W
30
chess puzzle #253204
2 / 633%
25320315-Mar-21
Jorma Pitkanen, Springaren, December 2012,
W
121
chess puzzle #253203
3 / 650%
25320215-Mar-21
Croitor M, Zadaci i Etiudy, 2020
W
30
chess puzzle #253202
2 / 540%
25320115-Mar-21
#1616
W
20
chess puzzle #253201
27 / 27100%
25320015-Mar-21
Croitor M, Zadaci i Etiudy, 2020
W
20
chess puzzle #253200
4 / 666%
25319915-Mar-21
Neweklowsky , Lutz 2021
W
140
chess puzzle #253199
2 / 633%
25319615-Mar-21
Enjoy Chess !
W
40
chess puzzle #253196
7 / 887%
25319515-Mar-21
W
40
chess puzzle #253195
9 / 1090%
25319314-Mar-21
Enjoy Chess !
W
20
chess puzzle #253193
22 / 22100%
25319114-Mar-21
Blitz against spepo
B
30
chess puzzle #253191
19 / 2190%
25319014-Mar-21
Gerhard Maleika, Hanspeter Suwe, The Problemist, 03.1993.
W
20
chess puzzle #253190
18 / 2281%
25318914-Mar-21
Based on a recent blitz game.
W
90
chess puzzle #253189
4 / 1526%
25318814-Mar-21
Vladimirov with Loshinsky, 1966
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99
chess puzzle #253188
3 / 1618%
25318714-Mar-21
Niels Bakke, Dagbladet, 1966
W
60
chess puzzle #253187
2 / 1020%
25318614-Mar-21
te161765
B
20
chess puzzle #253186
27 / 3187%
25318514-Mar-21
Mikola Oleksijovich Parhomenko, Smena (Moskva), 1994
W
20
chess puzzle #253185
18 / 2475%
25318414-Mar-21
Mikola Grigorovich Lebidinec, Mat (Cherkasi), 1993
W
20
chess puzzle #253184
20 / 2386%
25318314-Mar-21
Taken from Le Dauphiné (French newspaper), 14-03-2021.
W
44
chess puzzle #253183
27 / 4067%
25318114-Mar-21
Bo Lindgren, Die Schwalbe, 1972
W
71
chess puzzle #253181
4 / 1428%
25318014-Mar-21
Kenneth S. Howard, American Chess Bulletin Jul-Aug, 1938
W
20
chess puzzle #253180
4 / 1330%

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