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Puzzles created by chessdrik (1400)    » 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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Puzzle:
PuzzleCreatedInfoColorMovesCommentsDifficultySolved/Tried%
6063316-Apr-12
from one of my games
W40
chess puzzle #60633
5 / 2420%
5940328-Mar-12
from one of my games
W30
chess puzzle #59403
10 / 2737%
5852415-Mar-12
from one of my games. I modified the position a little bit to make it easier.
B81
chess puzzle #58524
28 / 4759%
5835112-Mar-12
easy one from one of my games
B30
chess puzzle #58351
23 / 3174%
5792708-Mar-12
a very difficult puzzle from one of my games
W71
chess puzzle #57927
3 / 2810%
5792608-Mar-12
similar to a situation in one of my games
W60
chess puzzle #57926
10 / 2147%
5702302-Mar-12
from one of my games
B40
chess puzzle #57023
23 / 2688%
5583213-Feb-12
composed by myself, based on one of my games
More solutions: paulmorphy91
B60
chess puzzle #55832
7 / 2528%
5560010-Feb-12
from one of my games
B40
chess puzzle #55600
26 / 3770%
5383417-Jan-12
a very easy one from one of my games
B40
chess puzzle #53834
27 / 3381%
5365313-Jan-12
from one of my games
W50
chess puzzle #53653
47 / 5290%
5290530-Dec-11
a difficult puzzle taken from one of my games. There are several ways to force a checkmate but only …
More solutions: kingdawar
B80
chess puzzle #52905
8 / 3125%
5217418-Dec-11
W30
chess puzzle #52174
27 / 3187%
4767525-Oct-11
very easy one. From one of my games
B30
chess puzzle #47675
36 / 4285%
4706313-Oct-11
from one of my games
W50
chess puzzle #47063
13 / 1872%
4423220-Aug-11
from one of my games
B60
chess puzzle #44232
52 / 5988%
4397115-Aug-11
from one of my games.
B40
chess puzzle #43971
41 / 4983%
4382513-Aug-11
an easy one from one of my games
B40
chess puzzle #43825
39 / 4586%
4367710-Aug-11
from one of my games
W30
chess puzzle #43677
26 / 3086%
4175301-Jul-11
from one of my games.
More solutions: shaveck
W50
chess puzzle #41753
24 / 4060%
4168930-Jun-11
from one of my games
W40
chess puzzle #41689
26 / 3183%
4157228-Jun-11
from one of my games
B20
chess puzzle #41572
41 / 4591%
4088714-Jun-11
From one of my games. Should be easy
W30
chess puzzle #40887
15 / 3148%
4063110-Jun-11
A not-so-easy mate in 7 I missed in one of my games.
More solutions: kingdawar, tiank
W70
chess puzzle #40631
7 / 2924%
3943521-May-11
An easy checkmate I missed in one of my games. But this is ok, as I found an other checkmate.
More solutions: chrishan43168, jiany, kingdawar, tiank
W50
chess puzzle #39435
16 / 3250%
3923418-May-11
composed by me. Should be quite easy
B40
chess puzzle #39234
30 / 4369%
3870809-May-11
from one of my games. Should be quite easy
B30
chess puzzle #38708
41 / 4591%
3808928-Apr-11
I had the idea then I analyzed a game I am playing at the moment
W50
chess puzzle #38089
22 / 2878%
3794726-Apr-11
composed by me. A forced checkmate is easy, but it is not that easy to find the fastest...
W40
chess puzzle #37947
11 / 2544%
3793426-Apr-11
very easy one from one of my games
B30
chess puzzle #37934
31 / 3979%
3764421-Apr-11
another easy one
W20
chess puzzle #37644
45 / 4795%
3759220-Apr-11
composed by me.
B40
chess puzzle #37592
12 / 2548%
3747818-Apr-11
a variation of a situation in one of my games. Similar to 37477. very easy
W20
chess puzzle #37478
51 / 5494%
3747718-Apr-11
another one from my games. Black's last move was Kd7.
W30
chess puzzle #37477
43 / 4987%
3741317-Apr-11
another easy one from one of my games
More solutions: markies
W30
chess puzzle #37413
39 / 4390%
3692703-Apr-11
one of my games (easy)
W31
chess puzzle #36927
46 / 5583%
3641721-Mar-11
from one of my games
More solutions: chessdrik, kingdawar, gebb, tiank
B40
chess puzzle #36417
71 / 7989%

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