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.
Corina-Isabela Peptan vs. Vlasta Macek
Put your chess skills to the test with this chess puzzle from Corina-Isabela Peptan vs Vlasta Macek. White to move and win in 3.
Győző Forintos vs. Boris Spassky
Solve this chess puzzle that occurred between Győző Forintos and Boris Spassky in Leningrad, 1960. Black to move and win in 3.
Cristina Iosif vs. Almira Skripchenko
Try to solve this easy chess puzzle online: International Masters Cristina Iosif vs Almira Skripchenko. Black to move and mate in 2.
Isaías Pleci vs. Lucius Endzelins
Isaías Pleci vs Lucius Endzelins. White to move and win in 2. Can you find the solution to this chess puzzle from 1939?
Paul Morphy vs. Duke of Brunswick
Try online this brilliant chess puzzle that took place at the Paris Opera, during a show with Norma by Vicenzo Bellini. White to move and win in 2.
Albert Pulitzer vs. Georg Marco
Play online this chess puzzle from Albert Pulitzer vs Georg Marco. White Mates in 2.
Nona Gaprindashvili vs. Eliška Richtrová
Chess puzzle from a women competition. Nona Gaprindashvili vs. Eliska Richtrova, Wuppertal, 1990. White to move and mate in 2.
Wilhelm Steinitz vs. Herbert Trenchard
A nice online chess puzzle from Wilhelm Steinitz vs. Herbert Trenchard in 1887.
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