Chess Puzzle SolverDaily Challenges & Puzzles for All Levels
Solve fresh chess puzzles every day and sharpen your tactical skills. New daily challenges, puzzle of the day, weekly tournaments, and unlimited practice puzzles. Build solving streaks, track your accuracy, and compete on global leaderboards. Perfect for players who want a quick chess challenge or serious puzzle training. 100% free forever.
Why Solve Chess Puzzles Daily?
Daily Brain Training
Keep your chess skills sharp with daily practice. Just 5-10 minutes a day makes a huge difference.
Build Streaks
Solve puzzles daily to build your solving streak. Challenge yourself to maintain long streaks.
Compete Globally
See how you rank against other solvers. Weekly and monthly leaderboards keep it competitive.
Track Progress
Monitor your solving accuracy, speed improvements, and rating growth over time.
Puzzle Types & Challenges
🌅 Daily Puzzle
A new carefully selected puzzle every day at midnight UTC. These range from easy to challenging, with detailed solutions and explanations. Perfect way to start your chess day.
- ✓ One fresh puzzle daily
- ✓ Detailed solution walkthrough
- ✓ Educational commentary
- ✓ Shareable with friends
⚡ Puzzle Rush
Solve as many puzzles as you can in 5 minutes. Streaks add bonus time, but mistakes end your run. Highly addictive and great for improving speed.
- ✓ 5-minute timed challenge
- ✓ Increasing difficulty
- ✓ Streak bonuses
- ✓ Global leaderboards
🎯 Themed Puzzles
Focus on specific tactical patterns like forks, pins, skewers, or checkmates. Master one theme at a time for systematic improvement.
- ✓ 20+ tactical themes
- ✓ Systematic learning
- ✓ Pattern recognition
- ✓ Progress tracking by theme
🏅 Weekly Tournaments
Compete in weekly puzzle tournaments. Solve 10 puzzles for time and accuracy. Winners get featured on the leaderboard.
- ✓ New tournament weekly
- ✓ 10 curated puzzles
- ✓ Time + accuracy scoring
- ✓ Prizes and recognition
How Puzzle Solving Works
See the Position
You're shown a chess position from a real game. Your task is to find the best move or winning combination.
Calculate & Play
Calculate the winning variation. Make your move on the board. The puzzle may require a sequence of moves.
Get Feedback
Instant feedback on your move. Correct moves continue the sequence. Wrong moves show you the solution.
Learn & Improve
Study the solution, understand the tactical pattern, and remember it for your real games.
Puzzle Solving Tips
✅ Do This
- • Solve the daily puzzle every morning
- • Think before moving - take your time
- • Look for forcing moves (checks, captures)
- • Calculate all variations completely
- • Review solutions when you fail
- • Build and maintain solving streaks
❌ Avoid This
- • Rushing to make the first move you see
- • Giving up too quickly on hard puzzles
- • Skipping puzzle solutions
- • Only doing easy puzzles
- • Breaking your solving streak
- • Forgetting to apply patterns in games
Chess Puzzle Solver FAQ
Is the puzzle solver free?
Yes! Completely free with unlimited puzzles. Daily puzzles, puzzle rush, themed puzzles, and tournaments - all free forever.
What time does the daily puzzle reset?
The daily puzzle resets at midnight UTC (Coordinated Universal Time) every day. That's 7 PM EST or 4 PM PST.
Can I solve previous daily puzzles?
Yes! You can access and solve puzzles from previous days in the archive. Your streak only counts puzzles solved on their publication day.
How do solving streaks work?
Solve at least one puzzle (usually the daily puzzle) every day to maintain your streak. Miss a day and your streak resets to zero.
What happens if I get a puzzle wrong?
In regular puzzle mode, you can try again. In Puzzle Rush, a wrong answer ends your run. Either way, you can review the solution to learn.
Are puzzles rated by difficulty?
Yes! Each puzzle has a rating from 800 (beginner) to 2500+ (grandmaster level). You'll be matched with appropriately challenging puzzles.
Can I compete with friends?
Yes! Share your daily puzzle results, compare solving streaks, and compete in weekly tournaments together.
How are leaderboards calculated?
Leaderboards consider solve time, accuracy, puzzle difficulty, and consistency. Perfect, fast solutions on hard puzzles rank highest.
Can I practice specific tactics?
Absolutely! Use themed puzzles to focus on specific patterns like forks, pins, discovered attacks, checkmates, etc.
What's Puzzle Rush?
A 5-minute timed challenge where you solve as many puzzles as you can. Correct answers add time; mistakes end your run. Very addictive!
Can I use hints?
Yes, hints are available but they affect your score. Use them for learning, not when competing for leaderboard positions.
Are puzzles from real games?
Yes! Most puzzles come from actual games played by strong players, so you're practicing tactics that actually occur.
Start Your Solving Streak Today!
Solve fresh puzzles daily and watch your tactical skills improve
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