The answer is for black to play K-b6. White has a choice to make a useless move with his queen or postpone checkmate for a while with K-c8. However, playing K-c8 drops the queen when black plays R-h8 and it’s an easy win from there. I hope you found the answer. Look for another new chess puzzle in my [...]

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. 

This mate in 3 begins with white playing Qxf7, check. Black is virtually forced to play Bxf7. (If he plays K-h8, white mates with Q-f8.)  So , after Bxf7, white plays Rxc8 check. Then after black plays  B-e8, whites mates with Rxe8. I hope you found the answer. Look for another new challenging chess puzzle in my next post!

Here is an advanced mate in 3 chess puzzle where it is white to move. The answer will appear in my next post. Good luck!  

The answer is for white to play R-h1. Black is virtually forced to play Rxh1 or Bxe5. If black plays Rxh1 then white plays Bxd6 check, followed by Kxh1. If black plays Bxe5 then white plays Rxh6. Either way, it’s an easy win for white. I hope you found the answer. Look for another new [...]

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. 

This mate in 3 begins with white playing R-c6+. Black is forced to play Bxc6. White then plays N-c5+ and black has only one move, K-a5. White checkmates with B-c7. I hope you found the answer. Look for another new chess puzzle in my next post!

Here is an advanced chess puzzle where it is white to move and mate in 3. The answer will appear in my next post. Good luck!

This mate in 3 begins with white playing R-f8 check. Black is forced to play KxR. White then plays N-g6 forcing black to play hxg6. Checkmate follows with Q-h8. I hope you found the answer. Look for another in my series of chess puzzles in the next post!

Here is an advanced chess puzzle where it is white to move and mate in 3. The answer will appear in my next post. Good luck!