Top ChessPuzzler Puzzles

July 2025

Come, come.. gather round for our monthly chess puzzler round up! It's time to reveal who were the winners and losers of July, which puzzles tickled people's fancy and which chess geniuses solved the most puzzles.

Puzzle Forge, Best Puzzle Winner - Bobby

Our favourite user created chess puzzle from July involves three masterful strokes to finish off black.

Puzzle Forge - Bobby

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Most Popular Daily Puzzle - Daily Puzzle: 02/07/2025

Think carefully, don't take the bait... Find the checkmate if you can. Congratulations to chess2 for solving this one in under 10 seconds!

Daily Puzzle: 02/07/2025

White to play. Checkmate in 3 moves. Solve below.

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Most Challenging Puzzle League Puzzle

Week 1 saw Bobby depose Mkoslowski of the crown after weeks at the top, but the next 3 weeks saw Mkoslowski on top! 🥇 Seriously, someone come and beat them! Join here: Puzzle Leagues

July Winners:

Everyone made at least one mistake on the 18th of July. Would you have beaten them?

Black to play. Checkmate in 4 moves. Solve below.

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Top Puzzler of the month

Once again fending off some serious competition, Qwert1qwert solved an unbelievable total of 4427 puzzles this month, a new Chess Puzzler record! Can anyone beat the record next month?

Congratulations to our top 3 puzzle solvers for July:

So, that concludes the top chess puzzling winners and losers for July. Thank you to everyone getting involved this month making puzzles and competing on our leaderboards. Bring on August!

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