Archived Chess Puzzles

Puzzle of the week #255

Basic endgames: Q vs P

Level: 2-Knight [Event "Puzzle #255"][Date "2014.05.16"][Result "?-?"][SetUp "1"][FEN "8/8/8/8/1K1Q4/7p/8/7k w - - 0 1"]

Puzzle of the week #254

Philidor defence

Level: 2-Knight [Event "Puzzle #254"][Date "2014.05.05"][Result "1-0"]1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Nd7 4.c3 c6 5.Bc4 Be7 6.Qb3 Ngf6 7.Bxf7+ Kf8 8.Ng5 Qb6

Puzzle of the week #253

The f7-weak spot (4)

Level: 2-Knight [Event "Puzzle #253"][Date "2014.04.28"][Result "1-0"]1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Nd7 4.Bc4 Ngf6 5.dxe5 Nxe5 6.Nxe5 dxe5

Puzzle of the week #252

Bishop's opening (1)

Level: 2-Knight [Event "Puzzle #252"][Date "2014.04.15"][Result "1-0"]1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.Qxd4 Nf6 6.Nc3 Be7 7.Bg5 c6 8.O-O-O d5 9.Rhe1 O-O 10.Qh4 h6 11.Bxd5 Nbd7 12.Bc4 b5 13.Bd3 hxg5 14.Nxg5 Re8 15.Bh7+ Kf8 16.Bf5 Kg8 17.Nxf7 Kxf7 18.Be6+ Kg6 19.f4 Nh5 20.Bf5+ Kf7

Puzzle of the week #251

Four Knights (1)

Level: 2-Knight [Event "Puzzle #251"][Date "2014.04.01"][Result "0-1"]1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bc4 Nxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Qe2 dxc4 7.Qxc4 Be6 8.Qa4 f6 9.d3 a6 10.Nc3

Puzzle of the week #250

Opening play (2)

Level: 2-Knight [Event "Puzzle #250"][Date "2014.03.24"][Result "1-0"][SetUp "1"][FEN "r1b1k1nr/ppppbp1p/n7/3NN3/3PP2Q/8/PPP4P/R1B1KB1q w Qkq - 0 1"]

Puzzle of the week #249

Move by move

Level: 2-Knight [Event "Puzzle #249"][Date "2014.03.18"][Result "1-0"]1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 b5 8.e5 dxe5 9.fxe5 Qc7 10.Qe2 Nfd7 11.O-O-O Bb7 12.Qg4 Qxe5 13.Bxb5 axb5 14.Ncxb5 h5

Puzzle of the week #248

Opening play (1)

Level: 2-Knight [Event "Puzzle #248"][Date "2014.03.09"][Result "1-0"]1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.Bc4 g4 5.O-O gxf3 6.Qxf3 Qe7 7.d4 Nc6 8.Bxf4 Nxd4 9.Qd3 Bg7 10.Bxc7 Nh6 11.e5 Qc5 12.Bd6 Qb6 13.Kh1 Nhf5 14.Nc3 Qxb2

Puzzle of the week #247

Double check

Level: 2-Knight [Event "Puzzle #247"][Date "2014.02.24"][Result "1-0"][SetUp "1"][FEN "r1bq2rk/1p1p4/p1n1pPQp/3n4/4N3/1N1Bb3/PPP3PP/R4R1K w - - 0 1"]

Puzzle of the week #246

Discovered check

Level: 2-Knight [Event "Puzzle #246"][Date "2014.02.17"][Result "0-1"][SetUp "1"][FEN "r4rk1/ppb2ppp/2p1q3/8/3P4/4PB2/PP3P1P/R2Q1RK1 b - - 0 1"]