Chess Puzzles at Apronus.com

Our puzzles (1) reply to wrong moves, (2) accept alternative solutions, and (3) play multiple defenses.

Anyone can create and publish such puzzles using our chess puzzle editor. It's free for amateur noncommercial use, including posting puzzles to Facebook.

Mate in 1:
- from games
  typical mating positions from real games
- two versus one
  two chessmen versus a lone king
- two versus two
  two white chessmen versus two black chessmen
- Three pieces versus a lone king (no pawns):
  Rook: KRRvK KRBvK KRNvK
  
  Queen: KQQvK KQRvK KQBvK KQNvK
Avoid Mate in 1:
- from games
  typical mating positions from real games
- two versus one
  two chessmen versus a lone king
- two versus two
  two white chessmen versus two black chessmen
- Three pieces versus a lone king (no pawns):
  Rook: KRRvK KRBvK KRNvK
  
  Queen: KQQvK KQRvK KQBvK KQNvK
Mate in 2:
- from games
  typical mating positions from real games
- two versus one
  two chessmen versus a lone king
- two versus two
  two white chessmen versus two black chessmen
- Three pieces versus a lone king (no pawns):
  Rook: KRRvK KRBvK KRNvK
  
  Queen: KQQvK KQRvK KQBvK KQNvK
Mate in 1 Problems
generated from Mate in 2 compositions assuming the first correct move is already made

Hardcore Set
Avoid Mate in 1
generated from Mate in 2 compositions assuming White has played an incorrect first move thus allowing Black to avoid mate in 1

Hardcore Set
Mate in 2 Problems
randomly chosen from a database of 150 thousand compositions

Hardcore Set
Mate in 3 Puzzles
981 puzzles composed by computer program Chesthetica
Mate in 4 Puzzles
767 puzzles composed by computer program Chesthetica
Mate in 5 Puzzles
643 puzzles composed by computer program Chesthetica
Interactive Chess Puzzles (Facebook Group):
Endgame Chess Variant (Facebook Page)
These rules are added to normal chess:
1. one or both sides may play without a king,
2. pawn promotion wins against a kingless side,
3. a kingless side with no legal moves loses.
You can set up any position and play against an engine.

Chess for Kids - Free Online Course

a website for kids learning to play chess, which uses our online chess publishing tools

Basic Rules of Chess Exercises on interactive chessboards for learning how to move the chessmen, how to make captures, how to give check to the king, how to give checkmate.
Checkmate in one move A large collection of mate-in-one puzzles. Some sets are grouped by the team of chessmen giving mate while others show the diversity of mate positions.
- Mate in 1 move (by teams of chessmen) A large collection of mate in 1 puzzles grouped by the team of chessmen giving mate demonstrating the basic mating patterns.
- Mate in one move (diverse mate positions) This large collection of mate in 1 puzzles demonstrates the diversity of mate positions going beyond the basic mating patterns.
Checkmate in two moves A large collection of mate-in-two puzzles subdivided into sets grouped by the team of cooperating chessmen or by the number of chessmen on the chessboard.
- Mate in 2 moves (by teams of chessmen) Mate-in-two interactive puzzles grouped according to the team of chessmen giving checkmate. Typical two-move mating tactics are demonstrated.
- Mate in two moves (number of chessmen) Mate-in-two puzzle sets selected according to the number of chessmen on the chessboard. Always at least three chessmen cooperate in giving checkmate.
Checkmating with major pieces A collection of chess puzzles for drilling the typical methods of giving mate using the major pieces (the lawnmower mate, the lone rook, the lone queen).
- The Lawnmower Mate A collection of interactive puzzles for drilling the typical methods of giving checkmate with two major pieces. Mostly the lawnmower method but not always.
- Checkmating with a lone rook A collection of interactive chess exercises for drilling the typical methods of giving checkmate with a lone rook and king.
- Checkmating with a lone queen A collection of chess exercises for drilling the typical methods of giving checkmate with a lone queen and king.
The Opening Interactive chess exercises dealing with basic opening traps like Fool's Mate, Scholar's Mate, Legal's Mate and others.
Give mate in N moves A large collection of chess tactics interactive puzzles of the mate in N kind. The task is to give checkmate in a specified number of moves.
- Mate in N moves (by teams of chessmen) Mate-in-N chess tactics puzzles grouped into sets according to the team of cooperating pieces giving checkmate.
- Mate in N (number of chessmen) A mate-in-N puzzles where at least three pieces cooperate in giving mate - grouped into sets according to the number of chessmen present on the chessboard.
Tactics Training A chess tactics training free online course for beginners and intermediately advanced learners.
- Battery & Smothered Mate Chess tactics puzzles illustrating the queen-bishop battery and the smothered mate - for beginners and intermediately advanced learners.
- Double Attack Chess tactics puzzles involving the double attack tactical motif - in a wide range of forms - for beginners and intermediately advanced learners.
- Tactical Motifs Chess tactics puzzles with the tactical motifs: distraction, line clearance, square clearance, capturing defender, decoy into mate, interference, blocking.
- Tactical Operations Chess tactics training involving the following tactical operations: winning a trapped piece, defensive combinations, counterattack, leading to zugzwang.
- Famous Tactics Chess tactics mate-in-N puzzles featuring famous composed studies and famous beautiful combinations from tournament master games.
Play-against-computer Exercises Interactive play-against-computer exercises for beginners in chess. The task is to win from a position with a huge material advantage.
Endgames Interactive chess endgame puzzles and exercises for beginners and intermediately advanced learners - mostly king and pawn endgames.
Advanced Rules of Chess Chess puzzles involving the more advanced rules of chess: pawn promotion, en passant capture, castling, and draw by insufficient material or stalemate.
Instructional Games Puzzles and exercies for reliving the course of highly instructional chess games with a focus on the early tactical operations in the opening.
Chess Studies A large collection of chess studies presented as puzzles to solve on interactive chessboards.
- The Beauty of Chess Studies These interactive puzzles introduce the concept of a chess study and demonstrate how beautiful chess can be in spite of a limited number of chessmen.
- Endgame Studies Interactive puzzles featuring endgame studies grouped according to the team of White chessmen present on the chessboard.
- Studies grouped by number of chessmen Interactive puzzles featuring composed studies grouped according to the number of chessmen present on the chessboard.

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