I have three chess puzzles for you this week, but you don’t need to know the rules of chess for two of them. These two are variants of the famous eight queens puzzle, which asks solvers to position ...

Your king is the most important piece on the board, so you need to protect it at all costs. Chess Puzzle #10: Checkmate In 1 Move, White To Play Chess is a game of strategy, so you need to be thinking ...

Check out the chess board above—looks wrong, right? If you’ve ever played chess, you know something's amiss, here. For one thing, someone chose to exchange a pawn for another bishop instead of a queen ...

Chess puzzles aren’t just entertainment—they’re a proven way to elevate your game. From tactical strikes to intricate endgames, they develop calculation, pattern recognition, and strategic clarity.

After receiving his degree in Journalism & Media Communications from CSU in 2019, Erik began building his career in online media, and found his dream job when he joined Game Rant as a staff writer.

Below is a five-by-five chess board with the central square poked out. Place a knight, bishop, rook or queen in the upper-left corner and find a path that ends at the bottom-right corner that visits ...

1 Move Checkmate Puzzles: Checkmate your opponent’s king, that is all you need to win a chess game. But you must be a chess champion to find that winning move. In this chess puzzle, white is to move ...