Black is down significant material, but has a strong series of moves to turn things around. Can you find it?
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Chess puzzles with fun, unexpected, or tricky solutions
Chess Knight Assassin
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?
One Move Each Chess Puzzle
White to play and mate in 3 – but white’s pieces must make exactly one move each!
Bishop Holds Back the Pawns
A pretty challenging chess puzzle, because there isn’t a pre-determined number of moves. White to play and force a draw.
Mate in 12
White to play and mate in 12. Sometimes thinking 12 moves ahead in chess is not as hard as it seems!
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?
Take Back a Move Chess Puzzle
This creative Leonid Kubbel chess puzzle has white take back a move and then checkmate!
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?
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