Chess puzzles for Tuesday, 8 September 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 28... Rxe2.
Puzzle rating 1296
Hint
Theme: mate in 2, back-rank mate, fork
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29. Qxf7+ Kh8 30. Qxe8#
FEN: 4r1k1/5ppp/p2p4/4bQ2/3p4/P1q4P/B3rPP1/4R1K1 w - - 0 29
Medium: Black to move and win
Black to move and win. The opponent just played 34. Bg3.
Puzzle rating 1596
Hint
Theme: fork, middlegame tactic
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34... Re2+ 35. Rxe2 Qxe2+ 36. Kg1 Qxd1+
FEN: r4k2/p1p1r1b1/5p2/2P2Q2/5P2/P1P2qBP/1P5K/3RR3 b - - 4 34
Hard: Black to move and win
Black to move and win. The opponent just played 69. Kd4.
Puzzle rating 2407
Hint
Theme: promotion, advanced pawn, knight endgame
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69... Kg4 70. d6 g2 71. Kxc4 g1=Q
FEN: 8/8/6N1/3P4/2nK4/6pk/8/8 b - - 3 69