Chess Puzzles

Interesting chess puzzles and game positions in FEN format.

If you have the full version of SparkChess, you can copy each string, paste it in the Board Editor, then click Apply to play from that position. If you just have the online version, click the "Play now" link after each puzzle.

Tip: Click on a FEN string to select it automatically.

diagram of Ilya Rabinovich vs. Grigory Levenfish chess puzzle

Ilya Rabinovich vs. Grigory Levenfish

Play online this chess puzzle, the end game between two well known Russian grandmasters, Ilya Rabinovich and Grigory Levenfish, Moscow 1927.
diagram of Adolf Anderssen vs. Ernst Karl Falkbeer chess puzzle

Adolf Anderssen vs. Ernst Karl Falkbeer

White to move and win in 3. Can you solve online this puzzle from 1851 between Adolf Anderssen and Ernst Karl Falkbeer?
diagram of Paul Morphy’s problem chess puzzle

Paul Morphy’s problem

Play online Paul Morphy’s famous chess problem. White to move and mate in 2. How quickly can you solve this puzzle?
diagram of Emanuel Lasker vs. Frank Marshall chess puzzle

Emanuel Lasker vs. Frank Marshall

Put your skills to the test with this chess puzzle from Emanuel Lasker vs Frank Marshall. White to move and mate in 3.
diagram of Corina-Isabela Peptan vs. Vlasta Macek chess puzzle

Corina-Isabela Peptan vs. Vlasta Macek

Put your chess skills to the test with this chess puzzle from Corina-Isabela Peptan vs Vlasta Macek. White to move and win in 3.
diagram of Győző Forintos vs. Boris Spassky chess puzzle

Győző Forintos vs. Boris Spassky

Solve this chess puzzle that occurred between Győző Forintos and Boris Spassky in Leningrad, 1960. Black to move and win in 3.
diagram of Max Walter vs. Emanuel Lasker chess puzzle

Max Walter vs. Emanuel Lasker

Play online this chess puzzle from a game between grandmasters Max Walter and Emanuel Lasker. Black to move and win in 3.
diagram of Cristina Iosif vs. Almira Skripchenko chess puzzle

Cristina Iosif vs. Almira Skripchenko

Try to solve this easy chess puzzle online: International Masters Cristina Iosif vs Almira Skripchenko. Black to move and mate in 2.