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 4 | Mate in 5 | Mate in 6 |
DON'T mate in 1 | DON'T mate |
Selfmate in 5 | Selfmate in 2 | Selfmate in 3 |
Find the last move | Where is the white king? |
On which square was the white queen captured? |
After black's 4th move |
After black's 4th move (no sooner!) |
After white's 16th move |
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.