Top ChessPuzzler Puzzles
May 2025
Roll up, Roll up! Gather around.. Here are your favourite Chess Puzzles from May 2025. Who won the elusive Puzzle Master this month? Let's find out!
Puzzle Forge, Best Puzzle Winner - Bobby
Seize the King! won this month's Puzzle Forge competition. This sacrifice heavy puzzle is all about using your full attacking might to overwhelm the opponent. Thank you to everyone who voted and contributed to the Puzzle Forge this month!
Puzzle Forge - BobbyWhite to play. Checkmate in 4 moves. Solve below.
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8
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SOLVED
Most Popular Daily Puzzle - Daily Puzzle: 27/05/2025
This daily puzzle, found by our genetic algorithm, involves a flourishing first move to force the king into a corner...
Daily Puzzle: 27/05/2025Black to play. Checkmate in 2 moves. Solve below.
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8
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g
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8
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SOLVED
Most Challenging Puzzle League Puzzle
The Puzzle Leagues were great fun this month. Congratulations to Mkoslowski for winning 3/4 weeks! 🥇
April Winners:
- Week 1 🥇 - mkoslowski
- Week 2 🥇 - mkoslowski
- Week 3 🥇 - mkoslowski
- Week 4 🥇 - bobby
Our players made an average of 18 mistakes on this particularly tricky puzzle league puzzle. Can you solve it first try?
White to play. Checkmate in 4 moves. Solve below.
a
8
b
c
d
e
f
g
h
8
7
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b
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SOLVED
So, that rounds up our top puzzles of May! Thank you to everyone getting involved this month making puzzles and competing on our leaderboards.
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