Chess puzzles for Tuesday, 23 June 2026
Three new puzzles every day: easy, medium and hard. Try each one before you open the solution.
Easy: White to move and mate in 2
White to move and mate in 2. The opponent just played 19... Rd8.
Puzzle rating 1160
Hint
Theme: mate in 2, middlegame tactic
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20. Rxe7+ Nxe7 21. Qxe7#
FEN: 3rk2r/pp2bppp/2pQ4/2Bn4/6P1/3P4/PPP4P/1K2R1Nq w k - 4 20
Medium: White to move and mate in 2
White to move and mate in 2. The opponent just played 34... Qg8.
Puzzle rating 1755
Hint
Theme: mate in 2, discovered attack, discovered check
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35. Qc3+ e5 36. dxe6#
FEN: 1r4q1/3bp1k1/p2p2Bp/2pP2nP/2P5/6Q1/6P1/5RK1 w - - 2 35
Hard: White to move and win
White to move and win. The opponent just played 31... Ba5.
Puzzle rating 2150
Hint
Theme: interference, endgame tactic
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32. Qf5+ Kd6 33. Re6+ Kc7 34. Qxa5+
FEN: r2q4/p2k4/2p2p1p/b7/3pQ3/P2P2PP/2P2K2/4R3 w - - 4 32