Black to Play

Chess Puzzles / June 24, 2026

An interesting imbalance. A queen and pawns vs. a bishop and knight and pawn.

White to Play

Chess Puzzles / June 23, 2026

An interesting mating. Make it happen!

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.