Chess Puzzle of the Week

Test your chess skills with the puzzle below.  Every week we post a new chess puzzle, so check back each week.

This Weeks Puzzle

 

 

White to move and create a passed pawn to win the game.

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Last Weeks Puzzles

White to move and checkmate the black King in one move.

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White to move and win the pawn game.

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Last Weeks Answer

 

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The Queen moves to the g6 square and puts the King into checkmate.  The King cannot capture the Queen because the pawn on h5 protects her. 

Qd3 – g6 #

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Move the g2 pawn to g3, once this happens, black must make a move.  There are limited moves that black can make, and any move will result in a loss.  If black moves e6-e5, the white pawn on f4 captures the black pawn now on e5 and creates a passed pawn.  A passes pawn is a pawn that is beyond capture from any of his opponent’s pawns.  After this white simply keeps moving the passed pawn forward and creating the win.