Chess puzzles for Tuesday, 2 February 2027
Three new puzzles every day: easy, medium and hard. Try each one before you open the solution.
Easy: Black to move and mate in 1
Black to move and mate in 1. The opponent just played 28. fxe3.
Puzzle rating 828
Hint
Theme: mate in 1, epaulette mate, middlegame tactic
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28... Qf2#
FEN: 6k1/pp3ppp/5n2/5Q2/8/2P1PKbP/PP1N3q/R6R b - - 0 28
Medium: Black to move and win
Black to move and win. The opponent just played 49. Rxg5+.
Puzzle rating 1664
Hint
Theme: defensive move, queen and rook endgame, endgame tactic
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49... Qxg5 50. Rxg5+ Kxg5 51. Kg2 Kf4
FEN: 8/6p1/8/pp4Rk/5q2/1P5P/P5R1/7K b - - 0 49
Hard: White to move and win
White to move and win. The opponent just played 11... Be6.
Puzzle rating 2370
Hint
Theme: fork, middlegame tactic
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12. exd6 cxd6 13. d5 Ne5 14. Bxe5 dxe5 15. dxe6
FEN: 2kr1bnr/ppp1qp1p/2npb3/4P3/2BP1B2/N1P2Q2/PP4PP/R4RK1 w - - 5 12