Chess puzzles for Friday, 15 October 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 1
White to move and mate in 1. The opponent just played 22... Kxh6.
Puzzle rating 1046
Hint
Theme: mate in 1, middlegame tactic
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23. Qg5#
FEN: r3rb2/ppp2pR1/5n1k/8/8/P4PQ1/1PP2PKP/RN1q4 w - - 0 23
Medium: Black to move and mate in 4
Black to move and mate in 4. The opponent just played 23. Bxf7.
Puzzle rating 1727
Hint
Theme: mate in 4, deflection, attraction (decoy)
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23... Bg2+ 24. Kxg2 Qg3+ 25. Kf1 Qxf3+ 26. Ke1 Bg3#
FEN: 4Q3/ppq2Bpk/7p/2p5/8/P2P1P1b/1PPB3b/7K b - - 0 23
Hard: Black to move and mate in 3
Black to move and mate in 3. The opponent just played 32. Ka5.
Puzzle rating 2182
Hint
Theme: mate in 3, discovered attack, discovered check
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32... Bd8 33. c6 Kxc6+ 34. Bb6 Bxb6#
FEN: 1n6/2k1bppb/p3p2p/KpP1P3/1P2NP2/4BBP1/7P/8 b - - 1 32