Here is another chess endgame puzzle where we’re looking for the winning move.  It’s black to play. See if you can find the correct move. The answer will appear in my next post.

The answer is R-h3 check. The black king is forced to take the white pawn on e4, leaving white to play R-h4 check, winning black’s rook, and the game. Congratulations if you found the answer! Look for another challenging chess endgame puzzle in my next post.

Here is another chess endgame puzzle where we’re looking for the winning move.  It’s white to play. See if you can find the correct move. The answer will appear in my next post.

The two most obvious moves for white are either Rxf6 check or exf check. The important difference is where the black king ends up. Rxf6 check followed by …Kxf6, then exf followed by …Kxf5 leaves the black king on f5, and white with a draw and virtually no hope for a win.

But, if you reverse the sequence and play exf check, the black king must take the pawn because the black rook is pinned. So after …Kxf5 white plays Rxf6 check. The black king captures the white rook on f6 leaving the white king free to move to g4 and then capture the black pawn on h4 on the next move leading to a win. Congrats if you saw the proper moves.

Here is a online chess endgame puzzle that came from a game played by one of my students. It focuses on finding the winning move instead of a checkmate like the previous chess puzzles.

It’s white to move and there are a few obvious continuations. A couple of them lead to draws, but one leads to an easy win. Good Luck!

Chess endgame puzzle.
Find the winning move for white.

Here are the answers to the online chess puzzles numbers 26-28. I hope you found the solutions to all of them!

Chess Puzzle #26. The answer is simply, e4.

Chess Puzzle #27. The answer is N-h6, check. The black king is forced to move to f8. White then plays Nxe6 for checkmate.

Chess Puzzle #28. The answer is Qxc6. Black is forced to play bxc6. White then checkmates black with B-a6. 

Congratulations if you got them all!

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Here are three new chess puzzles that I know you will find challenging. As usual, I have included one for beginner level players, one for intermediate level players and one for the advanced players. All puzzles begin with white to play. Good luck!

Chess puzzle #26 is a
beginner level mate in 1.

Chess puzzle #27 is an
intermediate level mate in 2.

And, chess puzzle #28 is an
advanced level mate in 2.

Again, best of luck and look for the correct answers in my next post!

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Here are the answers to the online chess puzzles numbers 23-25. I hope you found the solutions to all of them!

Chess Puzzle #23. The answer is R-h8.

Chess Puzzle #24. The answer is R-h5 check. Black is forced to capture the rook by playing gxh. He obviously can’t take with the king because of the knight on g3. Then N-f5 is checkmate.

Chess Puzzle #25. The answer is Qxe6 check. Black doesn’t have a lot of options and is pretty much forced to play fxe6. White then checkmates black with B-g6.

Congratulations if you got them all!

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Here are three new chess puzzles that I know you will find challenging. As usual, I have included one for beginner level players, one for intermediate level players and one for the advanced players. All puzzles begin with white to play. Good luck!

Chess puzzle #23 is a
beginner level mate in 1.

Chess puzzle #24 is an
intermediate level mate in 2.

And, chess puzzle #25 is an
advanced level mate in 2.

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Here are the answers to the online chess puzzles numbers 20-22. I hope you found the solutions to all of them!

Chess Puzzle #20. The answer is Q-e5 checkmate. Obviously Q-h5 is not mate as the king escapes on g7.

Chess Puzzle #21. This first checkmate is Q-g6 check, followed by the black king moving to h8 and the Qxg7 is checkmate. The second checkmate is a little trickier. It’s Rxg7, black then plays Kxg7 and Qxh6 is checkmate.

Chess Puzzle #22. The answer is R-f8 check. Black is forced to play Bxf8. White then plays Q-f7 check. Black plays K-d8. White then checkmates black with Q-d7.

Congratulations if you got them all!

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