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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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PuzzleCreatedInfoColorMovesCommentsDifficultySolved/Tried%
4701612-Oct-11
Nestorovic - Radovanovic, Senta, Serbia (2010)
More solutions: jiany, kingdawar
W40
chess puzzle #47016
13 / 2454%
4684808-Oct-11
Bitoon,R - Wen Yang, Ho Chi Minh City, 2011
B30
chess puzzle #46848
24 / 2885%
4670807-Oct-11
Van Wely - Ernst, ch-NED 2002
W30
chess puzzle #46708
11 / 1861%
4666506-Oct-11
Position from The TV Series Master Game Final Adorjan - Lobron 1982.
More solutions: gasemforozani
B40
chess puzzle #46665
26 / 2989%
4666305-Oct-11
Kemp vs Pigott from a recent club match in London. A nice easy one.
B20
chess puzzle #46663
32 / 3786%
3886611-May-11
This position is from a video of Kingscrusher playing on the Chess Tempo puzzle site. He failed to f…
W61
chess puzzle #38866
30 / 5356%
3816329-Apr-11
Benko's Puzzle (British Chess Magazine, 1950) In 1992 Benko met Mikhail Tal who tried to solve this …
More solutions: dekrishn, kingdawar
W30
chess puzzle #38163
18 / 5831%
3810728-Apr-11
Kamsky vs Akobian, Saint Louis US Championship 2011
More solutions: ericaalders, kingdawar
W71
chess puzzle #38107
16 / 4734%
3730214-Apr-11
A Crushed King's Indian.
More solutions: tiank, kingdawar
W50
chess puzzle #37302
19 / 3850%
3728213-Apr-11
Another puzzle courtesy of Chess Network on Youtube.
W60
chess puzzle #37282
26 / 3770%
3728113-Apr-11
A nice little puzzle to solve courtesy of Chess Network on Youtube.
W50
chess puzzle #37281
20 / 2871%
3668829-Mar-11
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B30
chess puzzle #36688
25 / 5347%
874720-Jan-09
Schilman - Feldmus (Riga 1986)
W60
chess puzzle #8747
21 / 3070%
874620-Jan-09
Pesch - Kohlei (Sinzig 1959)
More solutions: toomanymembers, kingdawar
W50
chess puzzle #8746
50 / 5984%
872418-Jan-09
Winz - Videla (Mendoza 1955)
W40
chess puzzle #8724
49 / 5785%
872218-Jan-09
Anderssen - Zukertort (Berlin, 1868)
W50
chess puzzle #8722
35 / 4676%
844603-Jan-09
Black is a piece down but finished the game with an ingenious mating attack. Can you figure out how …
B52
chess puzzle #8446
96 / 72313%

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