Chess Problems

In all the following problems, white is playing up the board. You can click on some of the chess problem jargon for an English definition, and clicking on the board takes you to the solution. The solutions are written in algebraic notation.

Mate in 2

3k4/R6R/3n4/8/8/8/8/K7         8/8/8/6Q1/4R3/2K2p2/5k2/5b2         8/8/8/8/1B6/8/2k5/K2b2RQ

Mate in 3

8/8/8/8/8/5p2/2R4B/5K1k         KR6/8/kN4r1/p7/8/8/8/8         5B2/6P1/1p6/8/1N6/kP6/2K5/8

Longer Mates

8/8/4K3/1BkN4/8/2NpP3/3P4/8         8/8/1B1B1B1B/1p6/8/1K6/8/1k6         3q2n1/2pPp3/1pP1R1p1/3k2K1/1B1N4/P3P3/4B3/8
Mate in 4         Mate in 5         Mate in 6

DON'T Mate

B5KR/1r5B/6R1/2b1p1p1/2P1k1P1/1p2P2p/1P2P2P/3N1N2         N5N1/7p/1p1p1p1P/1P1k1P2/1P3P2/2PKPP2/2r3r1/3n4
DON'T mate in 1         DON'T mate

Selfmate

2B5/p2Q4/1P6/2P5/3P2n1/4P1Pk/5Pp1/6K1         6k1/6P1/6R1/6R1/8/5ppp/6p1/6K1         8/2p5/6pp/2R3pk/2R5/2P3PK/6PP/8
Selfmate in 5         Selfmate in 2         Selfmate in 3

Win

8/8/1KP5/3r4/8/8/8/k7         8/k7/4P3/4K3/5B2/P7/8/r7         5k2/4p2p/6P1/3K4/8/4B3/8/8

Draw

7K/8/k1P5/7p/8/8/8/8         4r3/Kp6/5P2/1k2P3/8/8/8/8         2k5/6K1/r6r/8/4P3/8/8/5R2

Retrograde Analysis

k1K5/8/8/8/8/8/7P/6B1         8/8/8/1r1b4/B7/8/8/3k4         r2qk1nr/ppp1pp1p/2n1p2p/8/8/1P6/NPPPPPPP/R3K2R
Find the last move         Where is the white king?         On which square was the
white queen captured?

Construction Tasks

rnbqkb1r/ppp2ppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNBQKB1R         rnbqkbnr/pp3ppp/2p1p3/8/4P3/8/PPPP1PPP/RNBQK1NR         8/8/8/8/7k/8/PPPPPPPP/RNBQKBNR
After black's 4th move         After black's 4th move
(no sooner!)
        After white's 16th move

And finally...

If you get through that lot and you've got some serious time left to kill, then have a go at constructing a game ending in


A selection of chess problems chosen by Joe Leslie-Hurd.