White to play and mate in 2.
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Chess puzzles with fun, unexpected, or tricky solutions
White to play and mate in 4.
White to play and mate in 3.
White to play and mate in 6. This one is very tough!
White to play and mate in 2.
White to play and mate in 2.
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Chess Tactic Puzzle
Black is down significant material, but has a strong series of moves to turn things around. Can you find it?
From its starting position, the white knight that captured the black queen has moved exactly eight times to get where it is now. How is this possible?
White to play and mate in 3 – but white’s pieces must make exactly one move each!
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Pawn Minefield
White to play and mate in 2 moves.
White to play and mate in two moves.
Here is a pretty challenging chess puzzle. White to play and draw.
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Bishop Wins the Day
White to play and mate in two moves.
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Mate in 12
White to play and mate in 12. Sometimes thinking 12 moves ahead in chess is not as hard as it seems!
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Queen’s Mini Tour
Starting from this position, can the queen touch or pass through all nine highlighted squares in just four standard chess moves?
White just made a move, but then realized there was a mate in 1 on the last move and missed it. What was white’s last move, and what was the mate in 1?