White to Play

Chess Puzzles / June 19, 2026

White is down in material, so he had better get busy and come up with some way to save the game.

White to Play

Chess Puzzles / June 15, 2026

This is a mate in seven. Be careful not to stalemate Black. The moves, though, are relatively simple themselves, but need to be timed precisely. In fact, each proper White move forces Blak to play the only legal move on ...Read More

White to Play

Chess Puzzles / June 12, 2026

William Shinkman called this one of his “elemental” compositions. Mate in 6.

White to Play

Chess Puzzles / June 10, 2026

A middle game challenge. How do you create an attack as White? No mate. Just a winning position would suffice.

White to Play

Chess Puzzles / June 09, 2026

This is a mate in two from the 1870s. Theop key first move becomes the precursor for a good many other problems. To solve it, you have to look at the Black king position. Look at where he can and can’t go. When you look ...Read More

White to Play

Chess Puzzles / June 05, 2026

Black wants to hide in the corner and hope that White will stalemate him by Kf7 or Kf8, so White has to come up with a different approach.