This mate in 3 begins with white playing B-f8, discovered check. Black is forced to play B-h5. White then plays Qxh5 check. Black must respond with gxh5. Checkmate follows with white playing R-h6. 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! 

There are a couple of ways for white to win. First is, Rxf7. Virtually any move by black including KxR, is met with Q-g6 by white. Then mate in one follows. If after Rxf7, black plays RxQ, then white plays Rxg7 check and mate follows with N-g6. Another way is for white to start with [...]

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!

The answer is for black to play B-d5. White is virtually forced to play Kxd5, then black queens his pawn on h1. If white queens his pawn on a8 he loses to K-f2 check.  Any other move by white instead of queening the pawn and black simply picks up the lone white pawn. I hope you found the answer. Look for [...]

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 for white to play R-c1 check. Black plays K-e2 and white checks again with R-c2, forcing black to take the white rook and allowing white to queen his pawn.   I hope you found the answer. Look for another new chess 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 answer is for black to play Q-a1 check. White has two moves, either Q-c3 or K-e3. If he plays   Q-c3, then black plays Q-g1 for checkmate. If white plays, K=e3, then the same Q-g1 move now wins white’s queen.  I hope you found the answer. Look for another new chess puzzle in my next post!

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.