All puzzles are white to move, but they are not all checkmate puzzles.
All of these are for the players that found the puzzles we did in our puzzle session a bit too easy.
If a puzzle seems difficult, try setting it up on a board at home to move the pieces around.
Answers will be given next week, or if you want the answers earlier you can submit directly to didcotjuniorchess@gmail.com with the question number along with the notation of the move(s) you would play (e.g. Nf3 means ‘move the knight to the square on column ‘f’ and row ‘3’).
1/ White to move. Checkmate in 2.
2/ White to move. Checkmate in 2.
3/ White to move. Can you win a piece for free here?
4/ White to move. Can you win a piece for free here?
5/ White to move. Can you win a piece for free here?
6/ White to move. Can you win a piece for free here?
7/ HARD. White to move. Can you win a piece for free here?
8/ HARD. White to move. Make the best move for white. Hint: what is black’s plan?
9/ HARD. White to move. Can you win a piece here?
