Online Chess Endgame Puzzle #29

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 to an easy win. Good Luck!

Chess endgame puzzle.
Find the winning move for white.

Answers to Online Chess Puzzles 26-28

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!

Online Chess Puzzles 26-28

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!

Answers to Online Chess Puzzles 23-25

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 g3. Then N-f5 is checkmate.

Chess Puzzle #25. The answer is Qxe6 check. Black doesn’t have a lot of options and is pretty much forced to play fxe6. White then checkmates black with B-g6.

Congratulations if you got them all!

Online Chess Puzzles 23-25

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 puzzle #24 is an
intermediate level mate in 2.

And, chess puzzle #25 is an
advanced level mate in 2.

Answers to Online Chess Puzzles 20-22

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 h8 and the Qxg7 is checkmate. The second checkmate is a little trickier. It’s Rxg7, black then plays Kxg7 and Qxh6 is checkmate.

Chess Puzzle #22. The answer is R-f8 check. Black is forced to play Bxf8. White then plays Q-f7 check. Black plays K-d8. White then checkmates black with Q-d7.

Congratulations if you got them all!

Online Chess Puzzles 20-22

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 puzzle #21 is an intermediate level mate in 2
that has two answers. See if you can find both.

And, chess puzzle #22 is an
advanced level mate in 3.

Again, best of luck and look for the correct answers in my next post!

Answers to Online Chess Puzzles 17-19

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 the rook on d8. Then R-e8 is checkmate.

Chess Puzzle #19. The answer is Q-a8 check. Black is forced to play Kxa8. White then plays Rxa5 double check. Black is forced to play K-b8. White then checkmates black with R-a8.

Congratulations if you got them all!

Online Chess Puzzles 17-19

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 puzzle #18 is an
intermediate level mate in 2.

And, chess puzzle #19 is an
advanced level mate in 3.

Again, best of luck and look for the correct answers in my next post!

Answers to Online Chess Puzzles 14-16

Here are the answers to the online chess puzzles numbers 14-16. I hope you found the solutions to all of them!

Chess Puzzle #14. The answer is Q-g2. The bishop on f1 can’t recapture as it is pinned by the rook on b1.

Chess Puzzle#15. The answer is N-e7, double check. The black king is forced to h8. Then Nxg6 is checkmate.

Chess Puzzle#16. The answer is R-b7 check. Black then plays BxR. White then plays N-c2, check. Black is forced to play NxN. Then R-b5 is checkmate.

Congratulations if you got them all!