Here is a chess endgame puzzle where we’re looking for the winning move. It’s white to play. The answer will appear in my next post. Good luck!  

The answer is for black to play R-g5. If white then plays RxR, black recaptures with the pawn and wins. If white plays R-d5 check, black captures the rook and wins. And of course, if after black plays R-g5, white plays Kxh6, black just takes the rook and wins. I hope you found the answer. Look [...]

Here is a chess endgame puzzle where we’re looking for the winning move that leads to mate. It’s white to play.  The answer will appear in my next post.

The answer is for white to first play d4. If black plays K-h5, white responds with Q-d3. Black is then forced to play either K-h4 or K-g4. Regardless, white plays Q-h3 and it’s checkmate. The other alternative after white’s opening move of d4 is for black to play K-g4, instead of the original K-h5, as in the first example. [...]

Here is a chess puzzle where we’re looking for mate in 3.  It’s white to play.  The answer will appear in my next post.

Here is a chess endgame puzzle where we’re looking for mate in two.  It’s white to play.  The answer will appear in my next post.

This mate in 3 begins with black playing Qxg2. White is forced to play Kxg2. Black follows with N-f4, double check. White is forced to play K-g1 and black mates with N-e2 or N-h3. I hope you found the answer. Look for another new challenging chess strategy puzzle in my next post! If you would like to [...]

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

This mate in 3 begins with white playing N-f5 discovered check. Black is virtually forced to play N-e7.  (If black plays K-e8, mate follows with Q-c8, if black plays K-g8, white sacrifices the queen with Q-f8 check and after Kxf8, white mates with R-c8.)  So, after black plays N-e7, white mates in two with Q-c8 [...]

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!