Chess puzzles for Saturday, 24 July 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 40... Kh7.
Puzzle rating 706
Hint
Theme: mate in 2, Anastasia’s mate, endgame tactic
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41. Rh1+ Rh4 42. Rxh4#
FEN: 8/4Nppk/5P2/8/4r3/8/rP3K2/3R4 w - - 2 41
Medium: White to move and mate in 2
White to move and mate in 2. The opponent just played 24... Rae8.
Puzzle rating 1895
Hint
Theme: mate in 2, sacrifice, middlegame tactic
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25. Rxe6+ Rxe6 26. Nd5#
FEN: 4r2r/pp1R4/4pkp1/5n2/5Nn1/5N2/PPP5/2K1R3 w - - 7 25
Hard: White to move and win
White to move and win. The opponent just played 18... Nxf3+.
Puzzle rating 2269
Hint
Theme: middlegame tactic
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19. Qxf3 Qe5 20. Qg4+ Kh8 21. Qh4 Bc6 22. Nxf6
FEN: r2r4/pp1b1pkp/3Ppp2/8/4N3/P4n2/1q3PPP/1R1Q1RK1 w - - 0 19