Archived Chess Puzzles
Puzzle of the week #385
L-shape setup
Level: 4-Rook
[Event "Puzzle #385"][Date "2021.04.05"][Result "1-0"][SetUp "1"][FEN "8/4k3/1p2n3/p3PB2/7P/5K2/5P2/8 w - - 0 1"]
Puzzle of the week #384
Back rank
Level: 4-Rook
[Event "Puzzle #384"][Date "2021.03.16"][Result "0-1"][SetUp "1"][FEN "r2r3k/p3b3/q4NQp/5P2/3B4/1P6/5RPP/6K1 b - - 0 1"]
Puzzle of the week #383
Opposite side attacks
Level: 4-Rook[Event "Puzzle #383"][Date "2021.02.10"][Result "1-0"][SetUp "1"][FEN "r1b2rk1/3p1ppp/p2Q2nP/q3p3/1p2P3/2N5/PPP1BPP1/2KR3R w - - 2 18"]
Puzzle of the week #382
Mate in 2
Level: 4-Rook
[Event "Puzzle #382"][Date "2020.12.27"][Result "1-0"][SetUp "1"][FEN "Q7/5B2/8/8/6k1/8/6N1/5K2 w - - 0 1"]
Puzzle of the week #381
Relative pins
Level: 4-Rook
[Event "Puzzle #381"][Date "2020.03.15"][Result "1-0"][SetUp "1"][FEN "6k1/5pp1/p3p2p/8/n1bB4/P3P1P1/2r2PBP/R5K1 w - - 0 31"]
Puzzle of the week #380
Absolute pins
Level: 4-Rook
[Event "Puzzle #380"][Date "2020.03.08"][Result "0-1"][SetUp "1"][FEN "8/8/6p1/4pk2/1r2np2/8/1B3PKP/4R3 w - - 0 56"]56.Bxe5
Puzzle of the week #379
Study
Level: 4-Rook
[Event "Puzzle #379"][Date "2020.02.02"][Result "1/2-1/2"][SetUp "1"][FEN "1b6/7p/2p1NR2/4p3/4K3/2k2P2/6p1/8 w - - 0 1"]
Puzzle of the week #378
English opening
Level: 4-Rook
[Event "Puzzle #378"][Date "2019.12.01"][Result "1-0"]1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.Nf3 Be7 4.e4 d6 5.d4 Nc6 6.Be2 b6 7.O-O Bb7 8.d5 exd5 9.cxd5 Ne5 10.Nd4 O-O 11.Nf5 Bc8 12.f4 Ng6 13.Nd4 Bb7 14.Be3 a6 15.Rc1 Qd7 16.Kh1 Bc8 17.Nc6 Bd8 18.Bd4 Re8 19.e5 dxe5 20.fxe5 Nxd5
Puzzle of the week #377
French defence, Advance variation
Level: 4-Rook
[Event "Puzzle #377"][Date "2019.11.17"][Result "0-1"]1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Qb6 6.Be2 cxd4 7.cxd4 Nh6 8.Nc3 Nf5 9.Kf1 Bd7 10.Na4 Qd8 11.Bf4 Be7 12.g4 Nh4 13.Nxh4 Bxh4 14.Nc5 Bc8 15.Qd2 f6 16.Kg2 O-O 17.Bg3 fxe5 18.dxe5 d4 19.Bxh4 Qxh4 20.Nd3 b6 21.f4 Bb7 22.Bf3 Na5 23.h3 Nc4 24.Qe2 Ne3+ 25.Kh2 Rac8 26.Rac1 Ba6 27.Be4
Puzzle of the week #376
French defence, Winawer variation
Level: 4-Rook
[Event "Puzzle #376"][Date "2019.11.03"][Result "0-1"]1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Ne7 7.Qg4 Qc7 8.Qxg7 Rg8 9.Qxh7 cxd4 10.Ne2 Nbc6 11.f4 dxc3 12.h4 Bd7 13.h5 O-O-O 14.Qd3 Nf5 15.Rb1 f6 16.exf6 e5 17.f7 Rgf8 18.g4 Nfd4 19.f5 e4 20.Qxc3 Nf3+ 21.Kf2 d4 22.Qc5