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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 #20 is a beginner level mate in 1.   Chess [...]

Here are the answers to the online chess puzzles numbers 17-19. I hope you found the solutions to all of them! Chess Puzzle #17. The answer is d8/Q is checkmate. Obviously R-c8 is not mate as the king escapes on f7. Chess Puzzle #18. The answer is Rxd8.  The black king is forced to capture [...]

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 #17 is a beginner level mate in 1.   Chess [...]