#puzzles

♔♞♙ Chess Puzzle of the Day Black to play and win A well-deserved victory at last. This time, my opponent made a serious mistake in the opening, and after losing a pawn very early on, he was doomed. But

♔♞♙ Chess Puzzle of the Day Black to play and win This is an opening trap my opponent fell for completely, but one I got wrong and couldn't really capitalize on. How do you punish their desperate move

♔♞♙ Chess Puzzle of the Day White to play and win More than a tactical exercise, this is one about understanding. Faced with the capture on d5 by the queen, Black responded with Bb7, instead of making

♔♞♙ Chess Puzzle of the Day Black to play and equalize A critical moment in a classic endgame: good knight vs. bad bishop, but one that should still be holdable. White is pushing to make progress, hence

A review of the past week's HiveWord puzzles, including the words' difficulty, solution rates, attempts and obscurity.

♔♞♙ Chess Puzzle of the Day Black to play and win This was yesterday's throwaway against a 2500 on Lichess. My pieces are perfectly placed, and all that's left is to exploit White's slight lack of

♔♞♙ Chess Puzzle of the Day White to play and win A disastrous handling of this Kalashnikov with Black. I thought that h6 would solve some problems, but I couldn't have been more wrong. How can Black's

♔♞♙ Chess Puzzle of the Day White to play and win Finally, a good example of my own! I'm proud to have anticipated his daring f4-f3 move and to have seen the proper refutation. Although I didn't see the

♔♞♙ Chess Puzzle of the Day White to play and win Another blunder on my part. In a position where I had an extra pawn from the opening, I managed to crumble under White's pressure with imprecise moves

♔♞♙ Chess Puzzle of the Day Black to play and win This game was a total disappointment. I was playing White, and I thought I was killing it when I played Be7 a few moves ago and then won the queen, just

♔♞♙ Chess Puzzle of the Day Black to play and equalize In this friendly game, I messed up after Nxd7. It shouldn't have been a losing position. How does Black keep everything under control? Do you want

Regular Friday posts about the previous week's HiveWords.

♔♞♙ Chess Puzzle of the Day White to play and win Another one of my own online games. This time, it was my opponent who was guilty of blind optimism with his bold move Nd3, which launches a double attack

♔♞♙ Chess Puzzle of the Day White to play and win I didn't stand a chance in yesterday's online game. It all started with my poor handling of the opening in this Accepted Queen's Gambit. Now it's too late,

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♔♞♙ Chess Puzzle of the Day Black to play and win I played this yesterday and was able to win without major complications. However, White wants to spend their last trump card with this Rc1, trying to get

♔♞♙ Chess Puzzle of the Day White to play and win In this casual Lichess game, I got a little too optimistic playing Black. I played Ne4 to exploit the pin, but it was a huge mistake. Can you see why?

♔♞♙ Chess Puzzle of the Day White to play and win Today I came across this composed puzzle in a chess group. I knew it would be quite a challenge, and sure enough, it took me over 30 minutes to figure

♔♞♙ Chess Puzzle of the Day White to play and win The position smells like victory, and in fact, if you look at it objectively, there are several moves that maintain the winning advantage. But we’re talking

♔♞♙ Chess Puzzle of the Day White to play and win This is one of the few games that Yakubboev Nodirbek has lost in the current Chess Olympiad (in fact, it’s the only one). The truth is that he was completely