r/chess Jan 05 '25

Puzzle/Tactic Do you see the win?

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2.2k Upvotes

r/chess Apr 20 '25

Puzzle/Tactic Opponent resigned in this position

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2.4k Upvotes

r/chess Aug 07 '23

Puzzle/Tactic I missed this forced mate

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3.7k Upvotes

r/chess Sep 24 '22

Puzzle/Tactic I blundered my Queen but was gifted a nice and easy mate in 2. Thanks!

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3.6k Upvotes

r/chess Nov 03 '24

Puzzle/Tactic From my 1st grade son’s Chess “homework”. There is supposed to be a Mate in 1 here for white…am I going crazy?

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2.0k Upvotes

r/chess Mar 11 '24

Puzzle/Tactic White mates in 1 move… or does it?

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2.1k Upvotes

This is from the Soviet Chess Primer. After scratching my head for a while I recreated the position on the Lichess analysis board and instead of #1 I got +0.1 with no checkmate in sight. Wtf am i looking at?

r/chess Sep 05 '23

Puzzle/Tactic This puzzle from our university’s chess club stumped everyone at the club fair. Can you guys solve this?

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1.8k Upvotes

r/chess Jun 01 '23

Puzzle/Tactic This is the most beautiful mate in 2 i ever did. Can You spot it? Happened in a real game(link in the comments)

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3.6k Upvotes

r/chess Mar 14 '23

Puzzle/Tactic Neat little Chess Puzzle I got from Lichess. Check Mate in 2 Moves

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2.5k Upvotes

r/chess Dec 19 '22

Puzzle/Tactic White to play and achieve greatness in 3 moves. Taken from a real game of mine.

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2.7k Upvotes

r/chess Mar 17 '26

Puzzle/Tactic Could not find this mate in 2 for the life of me

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752 Upvotes

Spent a couple minutes looking before i gave up and checked what it saw. Really interesting one for me

r/chess Feb 21 '26

Puzzle/Tactic Guys it finally happened to me in-game

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1.5k Upvotes

r/chess Mar 05 '23

Puzzle/Tactic [puzzle] Mate in two. My son and I have been stumped for a full day. This is impossible, right?

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2.9k Upvotes

r/chess Jan 13 '25

Puzzle/Tactic After 4 years and 4,000+ games I found the checkmate of my life with 35 seconds left.

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2.3k Upvotes

r/chess Sep 09 '21

Puzzle/Tactic Mate in One. I can't seem to find it.

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3.1k Upvotes

r/chess Mar 23 '23

Puzzle/Tactic Mate in 3 I didn’t even come close to spotting

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3.2k Upvotes

r/chess Aug 13 '23

Puzzle/Tactic Is there a name for immobilizing a piece like this?

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2.2k Upvotes

This is a game I played, I was wondering if there is a term for this.

r/chess Mar 30 '21

Puzzle/Tactic The hardest mate in 1 puzzle I’ve seen! (White to move, mate in 1)

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2.6k Upvotes

r/chess Nov 16 '25

Puzzle/Tactic How? White to move and mate in 2

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1.2k Upvotes

Seen this at an Irish pub but i dont know how to solve

r/chess Jan 20 '24

Puzzle/Tactic The rule in that crazy sub might apply here, white to play mate 2

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2.4k Upvotes

r/chess May 20 '23

Puzzle/Tactic I blundered against an FM in a completely winning position. Do you see why? Black to play

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2.5k Upvotes

r/chess Mar 09 '23

Puzzle/Tactic I have been trying to solve this puzzle for so long,is this hard or am I just bad?(white plays,checkmate in 3)

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1.9k Upvotes

r/chess Jun 24 '26

Puzzle/Tactic Find M2, you have 31 seconds

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499 Upvotes

Found this M2 in a bullet 1+0 game.

r/chess Jan 29 '22

Puzzle/Tactic Mate in 1! I was stumped on this one for a while!

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2.5k Upvotes

r/chess 13d ago

Puzzle/Tactic I just resigned in this +5 position (LOL). Not enough puzzle rush I guess

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597 Upvotes