Chess Endgame Puzzle #59
Here is a chess endgame puzzle where we’re looking for the winning move. It’s black to play. The answer will appear in my next post.
Here is a chess endgame puzzle where we’re looking for the winning move. It’s black to play. The answer will appear in my next post.
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.
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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.
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 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.
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.
The answer is B-e4 check. Black obviously wins the queen if the white king moves out of the way. Black also wins the queen if white captures the bishop by playing Q-c2 check.
I hope you found the correct answer! Look for another chess puzzle in my next post.
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 is Qxc6. Black is forced to play bxc6. White then checkmates black with B-a6.
Congratulations if you got them all!
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 puzzle #27 is an
intermediate level mate in 2.
And, chess puzzle #28 is an
advanced level mate in 2.
Again, best of luck and look for the correct answers in my next post!