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This is one of the shortest games ever played between two masters, Amedee Gibaud & Frederic Lazard. Let's see if you can find what move to play after white plays h3. Here's the full game: Who knows what Gibaud was thinking when he played h3....

Original Problem: https://www.chess.com/puzzles/problem/925 Can you find a series of movies that completely encases black's pieces and provides white with an opportunity to save the game?

This puzzle is insanely hard, don't feel bad if you get it wrong. Both white and black have dangerous passed pawns in a crazy minor piece endgame. How can white use the positioning of his pieces to his advantage?

Hello there, this is a game that kicked off chess.com. It was the one that started it all. That's right, it was the first chess game played on chess.com, almost 2 months after the site launched. But first, let's see if you can solve this puzzle. Through the sea of pieces, how will you navigate the board and exploit your opponent's weaknesses? Erik masterfully utilized the pin to not only win the queen, but ultimately to win the game. Here's the full game as seen below: Note: It was a daily game Game link: https://www.chess.com/daily/game/1

Black can use the rook's open files as an advantage and win the game. Can you solve this puzzle?

Original Problem: https://www.chess.com/puzzles/problem/543506 In this position black is down a minor piece. However, he has a crafty resource in his hand, waiting to be unleashed. Can you find it?

Original Problem: https://www.chess.com/puzzles/problem/1225671 In this puzzle white can create a passed pawn after capturing the knight on f3. However, if white then resorts to the pawn pushing frenzy of g4 g5 g6 g7 g8, then black's d pawn will promote as well. That's why white has to play c5! opening up the a2-g8 diagonal, allowing the queen to swoop in and save the game.