Merry Christmas everybody!
In place of the normal Monday puzzle, today we are featuring 7 puzzles to tide you over the Christmas period.
They start off easy and get harder as you go down the list with the last one being quite tricky. We hope you enjoy them!
P.S. Look out for 7 more tricky PRIZE puzzles on Thursday.
Black to play and mate in 3.
Not too tricky if your eyes do not get boggled by all the pieces!
White to play and mate in 14.
Enjoy the journey!
White to play and mate in 2.
A white king and a white bishop have been knocked off the board.
Put them back on the right squares to deliver the mate in 2.
White to play and win.
Hint: 1.g7 is only a draw.
White to play and mate in 2.
A white pawn has been knocked off the board.
Put it back on its right square to deliver the mate in 2.
White to play and mate in 3.
A pretty Christmas Tree puzzle!
White to play and win.
A normal chess study kindly sent in by Tony Pritchard. It’s quite tricky but very pretty!