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Puzzles created by blake84120 (2217)    » All puzzles (everyone)

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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Black to move, mate in 2
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White to move, mate in 5
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PuzzleCreatedInfoColorMovesCommentsDifficultySolved/Tried%
3730314-Apr-11
White has a powerful attack against black's poorly defended king. Black needs a miracle here. Fortun…
B30
chess puzzle #37303
48 / 5390%
3624416-Mar-11
White just captured a pawn with 22. Bxb5 and black responded with 22. ... Qd1+. Interestingly enough…
W40
chess puzzle #36244
42 / 5773%
3618915-Mar-11
A fun checkmate in the middle of the board demonstrating the containment power of the white knight.
W30
chess puzzle #36189
66 / 7489%
3594508-Mar-11
White is down by two pawns but all is not lost, thanks to the old Arabian mate.
More solutions: blake84120, tiank
W60
chess puzzle #35945
42 / 6861%
2992602-Oct-10
From a ladder game. White had just played 18. Qd3-h3 to try to save his queen and prevent immediate …
B20
chess puzzle #29926
31 / 5754%
2987730-Sep-10
From a ladder game. My opponent just captured a pawn on e6, a fatal mistake, but he was in trouble e…
B20
chess puzzle #29877
69 / 9870%
2987230-Sep-10
An easy checkmate that I missed. Instead, I played 1. g4 which also leads to forced mate, but it's a…
W20
chess puzzle #29872
51 / 6479%
2623915-Jun-10
Inspired by a Fast Ladder game, blake84120 vs. NN.
W40
chess puzzle #26239
69 / 8680%
2604809-Jun-10
From a Fast Ladder game I just finished on Gameknot. Blake84120 vs. NN, June, 2010.
W20
chess puzzle #26048
50 / 6280%
2357911-Apr-10
From an old game of mine vs. Coachron in which I didn't actually find this simple solution and dragg…
More solutions: zacman727
W40
chess puzzle #23579
18 / 2669%
2177825-Feb-10
From NN vs. blake84120, Fast Ladder game on Gameknot.
B30
chess puzzle #21778
37 / 6358%
2170024-Feb-10
From NN vs. blake84120, Fast Ladder game on Gameknot.
More solutions: shadowmetaphor, slavisa
B50
chess puzzle #21700
43 / 4889%
2150217-Feb-10
From NN vs. blake84120, Fast Ladder game on Gameknot.
More solutions: kingdawar
B50
chess puzzle #21502
51 / 6875%
1311127-Jul-09
From my game against tonyr2506. The complete game can be found in the public annotations as "Stormin…
More solutions: dan1407, kingdawar
B40
chess puzzle #13111
29 / 5255%
1298624-Jul-09
Created from a friend's GameKnot win.
W20
chess puzzle #12986
54 / 6090%
1277218-Jul-09
From my 54th GK Tournament game against Kabeer.
B20
chess puzzle #12772
36 / 3797%
1087806-May-09
From my game mc_rennet vs. blake84120, annotated 2009.05.06.
More solutions: kingdawar
B40
chess puzzle #10878
25 / 10723%
1042915-Apr-09
From my game vs. Yogy, annotated on 4/22/09 as "Almost Dismissed the Winning Move".
W40
chess puzzle #10429
45 / 5877%
1034611-Apr-09
Lots of ways to win, only one way to win in 3. From my game vs. abbusen, ended Apr-05, 2009, annotat…
W30
chess puzzle #10346
22 / 4845%
1027508-Apr-09
From my mini-tournament game vs. Abbusen ended 04/07/2009, annotated in the public annotations title…
Improved by: fkohn (mate in 6) mate in 7
B60
chess puzzle #10275
34 / 6453%
990921-Mar-09
From Unicornn vs. Blake84120, team match, 27-Feb-09: In the game, I found the longer mate advancing …
B50
chess puzzle #9909
15 / 5427%
977513-Mar-09
From Team Match, blake84120 vs. coachron, completed 03-Mar-09
W30
chess puzzle #9775
56 / 6487%

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