Chess puzzles for White

Play and solve White-to-move chess puzzles. All puzzles have solutions and historical context. You can play each puzzle online against the computer.

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 Promote to Knight chess puzzle

Promote to Knight

There are cases where an underpromotion would be useful. World Champion Emanuel Lasker presented a position in which White is in serious trouble, that not even a promotion to Queen would solve.
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 Mate in Two chess puzzle

Mate in Two

In this easy chess puzzle, White can win in just two moves. Can you find the right ones?
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?