Chess puzzles for Tuesday, 23 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 24... Nxg7.
Puzzle rating 729
Hint
Theme: mate in 2, back-rank mate, sacrifice
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25. Qf8+ Rxf8 26. Rxf8#
FEN: 2r4k/p2q1Qnp/1pb1p3/2pp3B/3Pp3/2P1P3/PP4PP/5RK1 w - - 0 25
Medium: White to move and win
White to move and win. The opponent just played 22... Kg7.
Puzzle rating 1887
Hint
Theme: fork, endgame tactic
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23. Qb2+ Nd4+ 24. Qxd4+ Qxd4 25. exd4
FEN: 8/3p1pkp/2n1p1p1/3q4/4N3/r3PP2/2Q1K1PP/1R6 w - - 3 23
Hard: White to move and win
White to move and win. The opponent just played 30... c6.
Puzzle rating 2031
Hint
Theme: fork, discovered attack, discovered check
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31. Bxf5+ Rxf5 32. Rg7+ Kh8 33. Rd7+ Kg8 34. Rxd8+
FEN: 3r4/b4r1k/p1p4p/1p2Bp2/1P1p1P2/P2B4/2P2P1P/6RK w - - 0 31