Mate in 3 chess puzzles

Play and solve mate-in-three-moves chess puzzles. 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 Three with a Promotion chess puzzle

Mate in Three with a Promotion

An interesting puzzle composed by Niels Hoeg in 1905 and featuring promotions: White can mate (win) in three moves. Can you find the right solution?
diagram of Kasparov Mates in 3 chess puzzle

Kasparov Mates in 3

This position is from Garry Kasparov vs Elmar Magerramov, USSR, 1982. Kasparov checkmated Elmar in 3 moves. Can you do that?