Questions tagged [chess]
A puzzle related to chess, a two-player board game with white and black pieces of varying ranks.
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Mate in 0 moves
Not exactly a traditional chess puzzle, and I won't offer much of an explanation for fear of giving away the answer.
White must mate in 0 moves, meaning they must deliver a check mate without touching ...
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Checkmate in 1 on a Tangled Board
Lots of pieces are tangled here.
Can you find mate in one?
Small hint to guide you in the right way:
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Can White Castle?
This is the first chess puzzle I composed in the retrograde genre. I originally posted this in a chess dedicated forum. Hope you like it!
In the following position, is it possible that White could ...
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lolcatz can haz ur infinit cheeseboard
This is a problem on an infinite chessboard with pieces called lolcatz. They can move like queens or knightriders, but have a strange disadvantage...
... you've never heard of knightriders? Well, ...
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An Easy Mate In 1
As stated in the title, white must mate black in 1 move. But first you must solve the mystery behind this puzzle.
This puzzle was created by Hieronymus Fischer (1843-1927).
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A 16 Clue Sudoku Puzzle (but the kings can't be in check)
An entry in the 19th fortnightly challenge...
Above is a 9x9 "chess" board with some pieces already laid out, your goal is to fill the board completely, following standard Sudoku rules (i.e. every ...
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What was I supposed to do?
An entry in Fortnightly Topic Challenge #49: Pub Quiz Camouflage
I've had the strangest day. Today I was invited to play in a chess tournament (or so I thought). As a keen (and pretty good) chess ...
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A very unique chess puzzle
Find a legal move for white that does NOT mate in one.
Source: by Karl Fabel & was reprinted in Martin Gardner's New Mathematical Diversions from Scientific American (pub. Simon & Schuster), ...
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Can you stop the rambling rook?
This is a chess puzzle someone showed me a long time ago. If you already know this puzzle please give the others a chance to solve it first. This puzzle was originally created by Otto Gallischek and ...
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Chess : The Lone King
An arbiter is trying to figure out what happened on the above adjorned game. He only knew that black made 15 moves and there can be more than one line of moves for this. Can you replay at least one ...
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Can you checkmate a king you can't see?
Motivation
If you play bullet chess with time management skills as poor as mine, you often end up in endgame situations that require delivering checkmate by playing several premoves in a row. For ...
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Pythagorean Chess: Knishops
In chess, Knights moves to squares a distance $\sqrt5$ away. Bishops move distances $\sqrt2$, $\sqrt8$, $\sqrt{18}$, etc. Both pieces are restricted to non-integer distance moves.
Enter the Knishop, ...
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How many Chess Pieces are needed to control every square on the board? No Piece Restriction
You may use as many pieces as you like. Pieces do not control the square they occupy.
Accepted Answer goes to the person that has the least score.
Piece cost:
Pawn - 1
Knight - 3
Bishop - 3
Rook - 5
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Crippled King Crossing a Canyon
A chess king has been injured in battle against an evil wizard, and can no longer move northeast or southwest.
This king is on the North rim of a canyon, and must flee to safety on the South rim. The ...
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Chess Fortnight is finally over!
(Note: the backstory here may or may not be entirely fictitious.)
The fortnightly chess theme is finally over! I couldn't stand it. It was chaos! Pieces moving around in all the wrong ways... I was ...
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