ChessPuzzle.net Daily Chess Puzzle
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ChessPuzzle.net posts one chess puzzle a day, picked by the site's owner from a real tournament game and shown with the players and event beside the board. Everyone gets the same position, you play the winning line on the board, and more than 2,000 earlier dailies sit in an archive. The site also offers rated puzzle training, courses and a leaderboard.
About ChessPuzzle.net Daily Chess Puzzle
ChessPuzzle.net is a chess tactics site run by Martin Bennedik. Its Daily Chess Puzzle page has run for many years: each day the owner picks one position from a real tournament game, often a recent one, and publishes it as the puzzle of the day. The board is shown with the task, such as Black to win, and with the names, ratings, event, place and date of the game it came from. On 22 October 2026 it was a position from Reith against Berkley at the British Championship Major Open in Warwick, Black to win.
You open the daily from its page and solve it on the board by playing the moves, and the puzzle goes on until you have won material or given mate. A Hint button names the main motif of the position, such as a deflection, and a Solution button shows the line. The board can also be played from the keyboard, and a text description of the position is there for screen readers. The daily needs no account.
Because there is one puzzle a day for every visitor, it is easy to compare with friends. The site offers an RSS feed, social posts, a browser reminder for signed-in players and embed code so others can show the daily on their own pages. The site and its daily are translated into about twenty languages, from German and Spanish to Japanese and Arabic.
The archive holds more than 2,000 past daily puzzles to work through, and the wider site has rated tactics training, an academy of courses and a leaderboard. The puzzle pages carry display ads beside the board; a Premium plan removes them.
It suits club players and improving beginners who want one realistic tactic a day from games played by real people.
How to play ChessPuzzle.net Daily Chess Puzzle
- Open the Daily Chess Puzzle page and click the board to open today's puzzle.
- Read the task, for example White to win or Black to win; the board is turned to the side to move.
- Play the first move by dragging or clicking a piece; the reply is played for the other side.
- Keep finding the best moves until the puzzle says you have won material or given mate.
- Use the archive to solve earlier daily puzzles.
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Tips
- Look for checks, captures and threats first.
- Note who is to move, the board is turned to that side.
- Use the Hint only after you have tried a full line in your head.
- Read the game details after solving, the positions come from real events.
Questions
Is the daily puzzle the same for everyone?
Yes. There is one daily puzzle for all visitors, also posted in the site's feed and offered as embed code for other sites.
When does a new daily puzzle come out?
The site's feed dates each new daily at midnight UTC.
Where do the puzzles come from?
From real tournament games, picked by hand by the site's owner and shown with the players, event and date.
Can I play old daily puzzles?
Yes. The archive has more than 2,000 past daily puzzles.
Is it free?
Yes. The daily needs no account. The puzzle pages show ads, and a Premium plan removes them.
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