♔♞♙ Chess Puzzle of the Day Black to play and win Do you want to exercise your tactical skills a little? Then solve this chess puzzle. Indicate the correct move and a full continuation. If you want, you

♔♞♙ Chess Puzzle of the Day Black to play and win I have to admit that I got this Puzzle Streak challenge wrong because it seemed too obvious to me. But that's where the trick lies. Can you figure out

♔♞♙ Chess Puzzle of the Day White to play and win Another pawn endgame, but less straightforward. Here you need precision in your calculations and the intuition that the advanced pawns should overwhelm

♔♞♙ Chess Puzzle of the Day White to play and win I made things really difficult for myself trying to win this game, but my opponent managed to pull off a stubborn counterplay anyway. Even so, I had the

♔♞♙ Chess Puzzle of the Day White to play and win I wanted to include this example because it's straight out of a textbook—very elementary, Watson. Do you know the winning strategy? Do you want to exercise

♔♞♙ Chess Puzzle of the Day White to play and win Bad news for Black—White's victory here is a foregone conclusion given the position of the black king. Show us the way. Do you want to exercise your tactical

♔♞♙ Chess Puzzle of the Day Black to play and win Another practice game. Playing White, I lost my bearings in an advantageous position and ended up here, facing all the problems that are coming my way.

♔♞♙ Chess Puzzle of the Day Black to play and win Another game by one of my students. White was overly optimistic and is now in trouble. Show us how you can dash their hopes with a few simple moves. Do

♔♞♙ Chess Puzzle of the Day White to play and win A variation of a position that came up today while I was discussing one of my student's games. It looks like White has an advantage: White has a small

♔♞♙ Chess Puzzle of the Day Black to play and win In one of my own games, I came across a position that serves as an exercise in positional understanding based on tactics. Find a way to build an unstoppable

♔♞♙ Chess Puzzle of the Day White to play and win I'll tell you right off the bat that this Nb4 isn't a good move. If you don't want to put in the effort, Rc1 will suffice—that's the move I made. But if

♔♞♙ Chess Puzzle of the Day White to play and win From a recent online game of my own. The play leading up to this point in the game is also worth mentioning and analyzing, but this is arguably the most

♔♞♙ Chess Puzzle of the Day White to play and win I came across this fiery attacking position a few days ago. Black made a rather ambitious move to win a piece, but at a high cost. How do they pay for

♔♞♙ Chess Puzzle of the Day White to play and win Black had a chance to save the game, given the material balance and the small number of concentrated pawns, but they were careless with their Rh5. That's

♔♞♙ Chess Puzzle of the Day Black to play and win I came across this online game yesterday, in which I wasn't able to capitalize on my advantage. I knew that with my bishop applying pressure like that

♔♞♙ Chess Puzzle of the Day White to play and win Black, with its queen wandering through Siberia, was caught off guard here and can only watch helplessly as events unfold. Do you want to exercise your

♔♞♙ Chess Puzzle of the Day Black to play and win Rather than a flashy tactical combination, the idea is to defend and consolidate. White has just played f4 to try to penetrate toward Black's king. To

♔♞♙ Chess Puzzle of the Day White to play and win I thought I was absolutely winning when I played ...Nxc3 here with Black. Can you see my idea? I thought I was simply winning a clean pawn. Remarkably,

♔♞♙ Chess Puzzle of the Day White to play and win In a charity tournament held yesterday to benefit chess players affected by the earthquake in Venezuela, I found myself in this position playing Black,

♔♞♙ Chess Puzzle of the Day Black to play and win White could have won with the move Qh5, which leads to mate. Instead, they played the standard Rg1, which turned out to be a suicidal mistake. How does