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Chess puzzles for Tuesday, 16 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 2

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Black to move and mate in 2. The opponent just played 16. Nxe4.

Puzzle rating 1104

Hint

Theme: mate in 2, clearance, sacrifice

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16... Nf3+ 17. gxf3 Qh2#

FEN: r4rk1/ppb2ppp/2pq4/4n3/PP2N3/2P1P2P/4QPP1/R1B2RK1 b - - 0 16

Medium: White to move and win

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White to move and win. The opponent just played 37... Rxe5.

Puzzle rating 1506

Hint

Theme: fork, endgame tactic

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38. Rxe5 Qxe5 39. Qh4+ Kg8 40. Qxd8+

FEN: 3r3k/pp4p1/2p5/4rP2/6Q1/1PP5/P3R1Bq/5K2 w - - 0 38

Hard: White to move and win

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White to move and win. The opponent just played 22... Qg5.

Puzzle rating 2299

Hint

Theme: fork, attraction (decoy), sacrifice

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23. Rf1 Bxh3 24. Qf7+ Kh8 25. Qxe7 Qxe7 26. Ng6+ Kg7 27. Nxe7

FEN: r1b3k1/pp2n3/3p3p/3Pp1q1/PP2P2N/3B1QpP/6P1/R5K1 w - - 1 23