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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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White to move, mate in 2
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White to move, mate in 3
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PuzzleCreatedInfoColorMovesCommentsDifficultySolved/Tried%
9025824-Jan-13

Improved by: soultosqueeze (mate in 5) mate in 6
More solutions: soultosqueeze, genripushel
W50
chess puzzle #90258
19 / 2673%
8482501-Dec-12
white to move, mate in 7
Improved by: soultosqueeze (mate in 5) mate in 7
More solutions: brunopassos, ericaalders, zacman727
W50
chess puzzle #84825
15 / 2075%
8238808-Nov-12
This is my first puzzle so please excuse me if it's a little easy. It is based on a game which I sti…
Improved by: soultosqueeze (mate in 5) mate in 7
W50
chess puzzle #82388
14 / 1973%
8028923-Oct-12
Fun mate. There might be a better solution I missed...
Improved by: soultosqueeze (mate in 7) mate in 9
More solutions: soultosqueeze
W70
chess puzzle #80289
3 / 3100%
7657330-Sep-12

Improved by: soultosqueeze (mate in 6) mate in 8
More solutions: kingdawar
B60
chess puzzle #76573
7 / 1546%
6743810-Jul-12
How can white win?
Improved by: soultosqueeze (mate in 4) mate in 7
W40
chess puzzle #67438
15 / 1978%
6742510-Jul-12
Easy but fun! From one of my own games.
Improved by: soultosqueeze (mate in 5) mate in 6
B50
chess puzzle #67425
19 / 2479%
6641201-Jul-12

Improved by: showman17 (mate in 5), soultosqueeze (mate in 6), soultosqueeze (mate in 7) mate in 9
More solutions: soultosqueeze, showman17, ericaalders
W50
chess puzzle #66412
6 / 1833%
6227608-May-12

Improved by: soultosqueeze (mate in 5) mate in 6
More solutions: soultosqueeze, kingdawar
W52
chess puzzle #62276
11 / 2544%
5944829-Mar-12
mate in 5
Improved by: soultosqueeze (mate in 3) mate in 5
More solutions: soultosqueeze, kapila, gdriessen, led_chessmen, kingdawar
W30
chess puzzle #59448
16 / 1794%
5575112-Feb-12
Dufusgolfer vs. A-Player, Gameknot 2012
Improved by: soultosqueeze (mate in 3) mate in 4
B30
chess puzzle #55751
17 / 1894%
5539708-Feb-12

Improved by: soultosqueeze (mate in 3) mate in 4
W30
chess puzzle #55397
15 / 1978%
5535807-Feb-12
EASY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Improved by: soultosqueeze (mate in 2) mate in 3
More solutions: soultosqueeze, led_chessmen
W21
chess puzzle #55358
27 / 3187%
5535107-Feb-12
~ based on a recent win against geoffvsjohn
Improved by: soultosqueeze (mate in 2), soultosqueeze (mate in 4) mate in 7
More solutions: soultosqueeze, kingdawar
W20
chess puzzle #55351
5 / 771%
5522405-Feb-12

Improved by: soultosqueeze (mate in 3) mate in 4
More solutions: soultosqueeze, kingdawar
B30
chess puzzle #55224
15 / 2268%
5488431-Jan-12
Easy, first puzzle
Improved by: soultosqueeze (mate in 5) mate in 6
W51
chess puzzle #54884
22 / 3857%
5461728-Jan-12
EASY? DON'T KNOW...THINGS FOR THE GREY MATTER...IMPROVE IT PLEASE!
Improved by: soultosqueeze (mate in 3), soultosqueeze (mate in 4) mate in 5
More solutions: kingdawar
B30
chess puzzle #54617
12 / 1675%
4460730-Aug-11
My first puzzle.
Improved by: soultosqueeze (mate in 2) mate in 4
B20
chess puzzle #44607
35 / 3794%
1790727-Nov-09

Improved by: soultosqueeze (mate in 5) mate in 6
More solutions: soultosqueeze, kingdawar
B50
chess puzzle #17907
10 / 1190%
1787826-Nov-09

Improved by: soultosqueeze (mate in 3) mate in 4
More solutions: soultosqueeze, paranoidyoshi
W30
chess puzzle #17878
9 / 1752%
1752619-Nov-09

Improved by: soultosqueeze (mate in 4), soultosqueeze (mate in 5) mate in 6
B40
chess puzzle #17526
23 / 2785%
1696609-Nov-09
Behind the pawn line.
Improved by: soultosqueeze (mate in 3) mate in 4
More solutions: soultosqueeze, kingdawar
W30
chess puzzle #16966
20 / 4148%
1664801-Nov-09
pow pow
Improved by: soultosqueeze (mate in 2) mate in 3
W20
chess puzzle #16648
77 / 8392%
1212427-Jun-09

Improved by: soultosqueeze (mate in 5), joak (mate in 7) mate in 8
More solutions: soultosqueeze
W50
chess puzzle #12124
15 / 2268%
1196822-Jun-09
very simple, must complete surely
Improved by: soultosqueeze (mate in 2) mate in 3
More solutions: soultosqueeze
W20
chess puzzle #11968
46 / 6471%
1191419-Jun-09
The ultimate pond game
Improved by: soultosqueeze (mate in 3), soultosqueeze (mate in 4), soultosqueeze (mate in 5) mate in 6
More solutions: soultosqueeze
W30
chess puzzle #11914
11 / 1668%
1180214-Jun-09
Recent game
Improved by: soultosqueeze (mate in 4) mate in 6
W40
chess puzzle #11802
57 / 6489%
1177213-Jun-09
could be pretty easy
Improved by: soultosqueeze (mate in 2), kman95 (mate in 3) mate in 4
More solutions: soultosqueeze
W20
chess puzzle #11772
15 / 1883%
1177113-Jun-09

Improved by: soultosqueeze (mate in 2) mate in 4
More solutions: fkohn, soultosqueeze
W20
chess puzzle #11771
76 / 8095%
1148202-Jun-09
pawn wars 10, the assassin has been captured but makes a break for it while allied forces distract t…
Improved by: soultosqueeze (mate in 3) mate in 4
W30
chess puzzle #11482
36 / 4973%
1145701-Jun-09

Improved by: soultosqueeze (mate in 2) mate in 3
W20
chess puzzle #11457
16 / 4238%
1056922-Apr-09
from a blitz game
Improved by: soultosqueeze (mate in 2) mate in 7
More solutions: soultosqueeze
B20
chess puzzle #10569
63 / 6991%
931417-Feb-09
mate in threeeeee c if u can solve it
Improved by: soultosqueeze (mate in 2) mate in 3
More solutions: soultosqueeze
W20
chess puzzle #9314
55 / 8763%
917910-Feb-09
Kings at the middle of the board
Improved by: soultosqueeze (mate in 3) mate in 5
More solutions: soultosqueeze, kingdawar
B30
chess puzzle #9179
20 / 8025%
908206-Feb-09
hello people its my first try so this one is really easy
Improved by: soultosqueeze (mate in 2) mate in 4
More solutions: soultosqueeze, danstin
W20
chess puzzle #9082
68 / 7788%
882121-Jan-09
Created by Liikas
Improved by: soultosqueeze (mate in 3) mate in 4
More solutions: soultosqueeze, kingdawar
W30
chess puzzle #8821
12 / 2352%
832327-Dec-08
White has it's own threats, but black has a mating net already set. Can you see it?
Improved by: soultosqueeze (mate in 4) mate in 5
More solutions: kingdawar
B40
chess puzzle #8323
38 / 5076%
786804-Dec-08
Composition by me.
Improved by: soultosqueeze (mate in 3) mate in 4
More solutions: agentsparrow, soultosqueeze
W30
chess puzzle #7868
15 / 2657%
756021-Nov-08
based on a game that I have won playing at BlitzChess here on GK
Improved by: soultosqueeze (mate in 4) mate in 6
More solutions: eljack, simsim314, kingdawar
B40
chess puzzle #7560
14 / 2263%
726710-Nov-08
Now try it with bishops! There must be more and better solutions to this...but fatcat2 needs his sle…
Improved by: fikzter (mate in 2), soultosqueeze (mate in 8), soultosqueeze (mate in 9) mate in 10
More solutions: fikzter
W20
chess puzzle #7267
21 / 3855%
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