#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