The answer is for white to play R-g7.  If black plays R-f5, then R-g8 leads to mate. If black plays R-b8 instead, then R-a7 is checkmate. I hope you found the answer. Look for another of these challenging chess puzzles in my next post! If you would like to begin having these puzzles sent to you, just [...]

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 white to play B-g5. Black can only sacrifice the queen to prolong checkmate. (R-d8) I hope you found the answer. Look for another new challenging chess strategy puzzle in my next post! If you would like to have these puzzles sent to you, just add your email address in the “Subscription Options” box [...]

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 [...]

The answer is for black to play K-f4. White is forced to play g5. Black then plays K-f5 and white has only one move which is g6 and black checkmates with hxg6. I hope you found the answer. Look for another new challenging chess strategy puzzle in my next post! If you would like to have these [...]

The answer is for black to play R/b-e8.  After that, white must lose a rook. I hope you found the answer. Look for another new challenging chess strategy puzzle in my next post! If you would like to have these puzzles sent to you, just add your email address in the “Subscription Options” box and click “Subscribe.”

The answer is for white to play Q-h8.  If black checks with Q-d1, then white wins with K-e7 or K-c7 discovered check. I hope you found the answer. Look for another new challenging chess strategy puzzle in my next post! If you would like to have these puzzles sent to you, just add your email address in [...]

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.