Record-breaking Chess Puzzles

Recently the game Szabo - Stepanenco played in the Romanian championship 2023 made chess-headlines all over the world, because it featured an extraordinary forced checkmate in 16 moves. The puzzle based on this game is now the longest forced checkmate puzzle on ChessPuzzle.net. Challenge yourself with this and other record-breaking chess puzzles.

Introducing Puzzle Inception: The Future of Chess Puzzles

Want to train more than just tactics? Puzzle Inception is here! This exciting new puzzle mode lets you practice positional evaluation and tactical alertness, all in one package. Try it out for free during the open beta!

New Content Update: Master Knight vs. Pawn Endgames and More in Puzzle Academy

Learn how to master Knight vs. Pawn endgames and more with a variety of challenging skills and levels. Whether you're a beginner or an experienced player, this update has something for everyone. Check it out now!

Rook versus Knight and Rook versus Bishop endgames in Puzzle Academy Content Update 4

Puzzle Academy now includes 20 new levels, including 8 new endgame skills, covering the two important endgames rook versus knight, and rook versus bishop.

Puzzle Academy Content Update 3, including two complete endgames

Puzzle Academy now includes 26 new levels, including 10 new endgame skills, covering two complete endgames king and pawn versus king, and queen versus pawn.

Endgame Training Positions

Learn and practice endgames on ChessPuzzle.net with Endgame training positions!

Puzzle Academy Content Update 2, including the first endgame skills

Puzzle Academy now includes 12 new levels, 5 new skills, and the start of a new "Endgames" course.

Puzzle Academy Content Update

Puzzle Academy now includes seven new levels, two new skills with guides, the start of a new "Attacking" course, and 30,000 new puzzles.

Introducing the hint button

If you have no clue how to solve a puzzle you can now get a hint with the hint button.

Puzzle Academy version 1.0

Puzzle Academy version 1.0 is completed and includes new features for focused practice, and recommended training

Introducing Puzzle Academy quick start

Begin Puzzle Academy with interesting puzzles right from the start

About Ratings

Chess ratings and ratings on ChessPuzzle.net explained

Puzzle Academy Progress

Recent updates to Puzzle Academy

Puzzle Academy public beta and ChessPuzzle.net Premium

We are starting the Puzzle Academy public beta and introducing the ChessPuzzle.net Premium Membership

Chess Puzzles on the occasion of the World Championship

Daily puzzles, videos, and more on the occasion of Magnus Carlsen and Ian Nepomniachtchi playing the World Championship match.

The ChessPuzzle.net settings dialog

This article explains all options of the settings dialog.

Puzzle Academy updates

The Puzzle Academy beta test is in full swing with many of our patrons actively participating. Here are the most recent updates and some background.

Personalized learning with Puzzle Academy

With Puzzle Academy, you can learn and practice chess tactics systematically.

Welcome to Puzzle Climb!

We are happy to announce that Puzzle Climb is now available for all on ChessPuzzle.net.

Update released on May, 14th 2021

A leaderboard with 100 places, improvements to competition mode, German explanations, and more!