Easy Chess Puzzles

Play and solve easy chess puzzles suitable for any beginner. You’ll find solutions and historical details and you can play each puzzle live against the computer.

diagram of For Beginners: Mate in Three chess puzzle

For Beginners: Mate in Three

Here’s a pretty simple chess puzzle to get you warmed up. White to play and mate in three

diagram of Think This Is Too easy? chess puzzle

Think This Is Too easy?

This situation seems ridiculously easy. The black king is in such a dire situation that deafeat is inevitable – but – can White mate in just three moves?

diagram of Mate in Two chess puzzle

Mate in Two

In this easy chess puzzle, White can win in just two moves. Can you find the right ones?