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Puzzles created by castle99 (836)    » 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%
4595523-Sep-11
Rather easy puzzle
W20
chess puzzle #45955
38 / 4192%
4207507-Jul-11
This is a checkmate in a recent team game of mine against lenny2001. Very easy puzzle.
More solutions: kingdawar
B20
chess puzzle #42075
34 / 3597%
3971726-May-11
Generally a puzzle I came up with off the top of my head. :)
More solutions: vergiliu, kingdawar
W21
chess puzzle #39717
25 / 3473%
3603510-Mar-11
#24 Please rate this puzzle :)
W20
chess puzzle #36035
63 / 7188%
3572303-Mar-11
My 23rd puzzle. :)
Improved by: markies (mate in 2) mate in 3
More solutions: markies
W20
chess puzzle #35723
72 / 8485%
3556526-Feb-11
A rather strange checkmate... but it'll do. :)
Improved by: tiank (mate in 2) mate in 4
W20
chess puzzle #35565
46 / 6274%
3528220-Feb-11
This is good checkmate against my computer a few days ago.
W20
chess puzzle #35282
62 / 6595%
3509217-Feb-11
A very nice ladle out of a Blitz Chess game against my friend, wolindquark
W20
chess puzzle #35092
119 / 12793%
3503016-Feb-11
Very easy puzzle with perhaps a few alternative solutions!
More solutions: castle99, tiank
B20
chess puzzle #35030
35 / 3892%
3482414-Feb-11
Well, better make that 4 move ladle then, hehe.
Improved by: castle99 (mate in 4) mate in 5
More solutions: urnesthemingouey, paranoidyoshi
W40
chess puzzle #34824
39 / 4881%
3464012-Feb-11
Really just a random checkmate puzzle for beginners
More solutions: castle99
W30
chess puzzle #34640
60 / 6395%
3458610-Feb-11
A quick checkmate in a game against my computer. I seem to recall one like this in those chess tacti…
W20
chess puzzle #34586
124 / 12996%
3425905-Feb-11
Nice little ladle full of pieces!
More solutions: wolindquark
B20
chess puzzle #34259
54 / 5794%
3419004-Feb-11
Nice checkmate that could've been made by one of my opponents in a chess game recently
B20
chess puzzle #34190
61 / 6396%
3411802-Feb-11
This is a possible checkmate about to happen in a game of mine.
More solutions: ericaalders
B30
chess puzzle #34118
59 / 6393%
3406901-Feb-11
Rather a very nice checkmate in a current chess game. The first solution I came up with worked, but …
More solutions: castle99, markies, gulguliadi, tiank
W30
chess puzzle #34069
39 / 4097%
3392227-Jan-11

Improved by: castle99 (mate in 2) mate in 3
More solutions: kellsking, led_chessmen
W20
chess puzzle #33922
9 / 1275%
3386525-Jan-11
A nice quickie! :)
W20
chess puzzle #33865
65 / 8576%
3373021-Jan-11
The way to win is not always obvious
Improved by: castle99 (mate in 3) mate in 4
More solutions: tiank
W30
chess puzzle #33730
9 / 9100%
3327610-Jan-11
A nice little ladle (checkmate.) Heh heh heh :)
B20
chess puzzle #33276
81 / 10577%
3324009-Jan-11
...An unbearable way to lose a game.
More solutions: tiank
W20
chess puzzle #33240
29 / 3290%
3316207-Jan-11
Confucius, he might have said: 'The obvious may not seem the obvious.'
More solutions: paranoidyoshi, kingdawar
W20
chess puzzle #33162
36 / 4875%
3309705-Jan-11
Rather a car & dog chase usually to the death. :)
Improved by: tiank (mate in 2) mate in 3
More solutions: tiank
W20
chess puzzle #33097
24 / 2596%
3269826-Dec-10
The following puzzle is from one of my recent games. Happy New Year!
More solutions: tiank
W20
chess puzzle #32698
106 / 11393%
3245819-Dec-10
A pretty easy checkmate, but hard to get into. :)
More solutions: kingdawar
W20
chess puzzle #32458
94 / 9598%
3237416-Dec-10
Basically a pretty easy one. Ah well, not exactly a waste of time; you know what they say: 'Practice…
W20
chess puzzle #32374
100 / 10298%
3191005-Dec-10
My first puzzle. This puzzle came from a game of real-time chess I had with my friend wolindquark. E…
W20
chess puzzle #31910
105 / 11392%

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