Chess puzzles for Thursday, 11 March 2027
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 41... Qe3.
Puzzle rating 1184
Hint
Theme: mate in 2, queen endgame, endgame tactic
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42. Qf8+ Kg5 43. h4#
FEN: 4Q3/7p/5ppk/1p2p3/6P1/4qPKP/8/8 w - - 2 42
Medium: Black to move and win
Black to move and win. The opponent just played 20. Qxf5.
Puzzle rating 1488
Hint
Theme: X-ray attack, kingside attack, middlegame tactic
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20... Bxd5+ 21. Qxd5 Qxd5+ 22. cxd5 Rxf1+ 23. Rxf1 Rxf1+
FEN: 3n1rk1/pb3r1n/1p1p4/2pB1Qq1/2P5/P1NP2P1/1P2P2P/R4R1K b - - 0 20
Hard: Black to move and win
Black to move and win. The opponent just played 32. d6.
Puzzle rating 2356
Hint
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32... Re8 33. Qg4 h5 34. Qf3 Qxf3 35. gxf3 Rxe2
FEN: 2rr4/1q4kp/1n1PQpp1/8/8/1P6/P3N1PP/R2R3K b - - 0 32