Chess Puzzles

Here we list the latest chess puzzles and game positions. Click the “Play now” link or on the puzzle image to play and solve the puzzle online.

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Joseph Blackburne vs Adolf Anderssen

Blackburn-vs-Anderssen
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Joseph Blackburne vs Adolf Anderssen, Vienna, 1873
Blackburne (white) wins in 3.

Q4R2/3kr3/1q3n1p/2p1p1p1/1p1bP1P1/1B1P3P/2PBK3/8 w - - 1 0

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Alexander Alekhine vs S. Wainstein


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Alexander Alekhine vs Samuil Wainstein, Odessa, 1916
White to move and win in 3.

r3q2k/1bn2p2/p4P1p/1pPp2R1/3P4/P1N1Q3/1PB3PP/6K1 w - - 1 0

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Ragozin vs Botvinik

Ragozin-vs-Botvinik
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Viacheslav Ragozin vs Mikhail Botvinnik, URSS, 1936
Mikhail Botvinick (black) to move and win in 3.

1k1r2r1/ppq4p/4Q3/1B2np2/2P1p3/P7/2P1RPPR/2B1K3 b - - 0 1

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Korchnoi vs Polugaevsky


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Viktor Korchnoi vs Lev Polugaevsky, Tbilisi, 1956

3r1rk1/2qP1p2/p2R2pp/6b1/6P1/2pQR2P/P1B2P2/6K1 w - - 1 0

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Paul Morphy vs. Duke of Brunswick

Murphy vs Duke of Brunswick
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Paul Morphy vs. Duke of Brunswick & Count Isouard, Paris,1858

The game took place at the Paris Opera, during a show with Norma by Vicenzo Bellini.

White to move and win in 2.

4kb1r/p2n1ppp/4q3/4p1B1/4P3/1Q6/PPP2PPP/2KR4 w k - 1 0

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Paul Keres vs. Tigran V.Petrosian


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Paul Keres vs. Tigran V. Petrosian, Bled 1959

Black to move and win in 5.

6k1/3b3r/1p1p4/p1n2p2/1PPNpP1q/P3Q1p1/1R1RB1P1/5K2 b - - 0-1

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