Archived Chess Puzzles

Puzzle of the week #305

Level: 5-Queen [Event "Puzzle #305"][Date "2016.12.12"][Result "0-1"]1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Nbd7 5.e3 c6 6.Nf3 Qa5 7.Bxf6 Nxf6 8.a3

Puzzle of the week #304

Level: 5-Queen [Event "Puzzle #304"][Date "2016.12.04"][Result "0-1"][SetUp "1"][FEN "r1b1kb1r/pp1n1ppp/2p1pn2/q2p2B1/2PP4/2NBPN2/PP3PPP/R2QK2R b KQkq - 3 7"]

Puzzle of the week #303

Level: 5-Queen [Event "Puzzle #303"][Date "2016.11.22"][Result "1-0"]1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 c6 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O dc4 9. Bc4 Nd5 10. Be7 Qe7 11. Rc1 N5b6 12. Bd3 e5 13. Re1 f5 14. e4 f4 15. Bc2 ed4 16. Qd4 c5 17. Nd5 Qd6 18. Qc3 Nd5 19. ed5 Nb6 20. Ng5 Qd5

Puzzle of the week #302

Level: 5-Queen [Event "Puzzle #302"][Date "2016.11.07"][Result "1-0"]1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 Ne4 8. Bxe7 Qxe7 9. cxd5 Nxc3 10. bxc3 exd5 11. Bd3 b6 12. O-O Bb7 13. Qa4 c5 14. Ne5 Qc7 15. Rae1 Nc6 16. f4 Nxe5 17. fxe5 Qe7 18. Bb1 Bc8 19. Qc2 f5 20. exf6 gxf6

Puzzle of the week #301

Level: 5-Queen [Event "Puzzle #301"][Date "2016.10.16"][Result "1-0"]1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 b6 8. g4 Nbd7 9. Rg1 Bb7 10. g5 Ne4 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Bb5 g6 13. Bxd7 Qxd7 {White decided to start the attack and that decision brought him a quick win after the following combination} 14. gxh6 Bxh4 15. Nxh4 Qh3 16. Qh5 Nxf2 17. Rxg6+ Kh8 18. Rg3 Nd3+ 19. Kd2

Puzzle of the week #300

Level: 5-Queen [Event "Puzzle #300"][Date "2016.07.18"][Result "1-0"][SetUp "1"][FEN "7N/3K1Npk/6p1/8/8/1B6/8/8 w - - 0 1"]

Puzzle of the week #299

Level: 4-Rook [Event "Puzzle #299"][Date "2016.06.12"][Result "0-1"][SetUp "1"][FEN "3R4/8/8/7r/8/2K5/3p4/3k4 b - - 0 83"]

Puzzle of the week #298

Level: 4-Rook [Event "Puzzle #298"][Date "2016.05.30"][Result "0-1"][SetUp "1"][FEN "6k1/5p2/3ppq1p/6p1/1P2P2P/3Q1P1K/2r3P1/6R1 b - - 0 1"]

Puzzle of the week #297

Level: 4-Rook [Event "Puzzle #297"][Date "2016.04.17"][Result "1-0"][SetUp "1"][FEN "5nk1/2b1q1p1/2p5/3pP1pQ/1r1P2P1/3B1R2/5PP1/6K1 w - - 0 1"]

Puzzle of the week #296

Level: 4-Rook [Event "Puzzle #296"][Date "2016.04.11"][Result "0-1"][SetUp "1"][FEN "1r1q1k1r/Q4ppp/2B2n2/8/Pbbp4/1P4P1/2PP1P1P/R1B1K2R b KQ - 0 1"]