White to move and win
How to solve chess puzzles
- Look at every check, capture and threat for both sides before moving.
- Calculate the whole line in your head — what is your opponent’s best reply?
- Prefer forcing moves: they limit your opponent’s choices.
- If you miss it, replay the solution and ask which pattern you did not see.
New to tactics? Read the 8 patterns that win most games.
♞ ♝ ♜Puzzles made from your own games
ChessStride turns the positions you missed into personal puzzles and retests them until they stick — free.