Medium Chess Puzzles Archives

Medium Chess Puzzles

Play and learn medium-difficulty chess puzzles for enthusiats. You’ll find hints, solutions and historical details for each puzzle.

Emanuel Lasker vs Frank Marshall, St Petersburg, 1914

1k1r4/3b1p2/QP1b3p/1p1p4/3P2pN/1R4P1/KPPq1PP1/4r2R w - - 1 0

Max Walter vs Lasker, Ostrava, 1923
Lasker with the black wins in 3.

4r1k1/3n1ppp/4r3/3n3q/Q2P4/5P2/PP2BP1P/R1B1R1K1 b - - 0 1

Alexander Alekhine vs Freeman, New York, 1924
Alekhine wins in 3

4Rnk1/pr3ppp/1p3q2/5NQ1/2p5/8/P4PPP/6K1 w - - 1 0

Monterinas vs Max Euwe, Amsterdam, 1927
Euwe (black) moves and wins in 2.

7r/p3ppk1/3p4/2p1P1Kp/2Pb4/3P1QPq/PP5P/R6R b - - 0 1

Alexander Alekhine vs Fahardo, Montevideo, 1939
Alekhine (white) to move and wins in 2.

4r3/pbpn2n1/1p1prp1k/8/2PP2PB/P5N1/2B2R1P/R5K1 w - - 1 0

Judit Polgar vs H Winfridsson, Goteborg, 1989

r4r1k/1pqb1B1p/p3p2B/2bpP2Q/8/1NP5/PP4PP/5R1K w - - 1 0