Link to POTDs for September 14-19 2025: https://www.chess.com/forum/view/more-puzzles/apexs-puzzle-rush

Hi, I am Apex! 💫 I am from the U.S.! I like: to write books, do Karaoke, code, post puzzles, music, play and improve at Chess, talk with people, and make friends! Please note that I can also help out in additional ways for chess.com clubs, not just puzzles. I can do anything in general. IMPORTANT NOTE: When you want me to make daily puzzles for a club, do NOT just invite me to the club without any context. Please specify if you would want me to make daily puzzles for the club. If you don’t, just invite me without saying you do in the message. Clubs I make daily puzzles for that aren’t my own clubs include:

Chess.com VS ChessKid (CVC) I’m now making their daily puzzles since @Jared is retiring. Jared used to make the puzzles for CVC. Thanks to all in CVC for the oppurtunity!

Deflect To Victory

(DTV) This club is where it all began. Me and others were chatting about @Jared’s retirement and I came up with the idea of: why not make daily puzzles myself? They allowed me to do it in their club, so I did. And here we are now.

The Legendary Chess Union (TLCU) Started making daily puzzles for this club on June 2, 2025. The one who request me to do so got closed, but thanks to them for the oppurtunity!

Witty Chess Improvers (WCI) Started making daily puzzles for this club on June 5, 2025. Thanks to @HAZY1958 for the opportunity!

The 8×8ers (T8X8E)

Starting making daily puzzles for this club on Father’s Day, 2025.

Thanks to @NotNerdyN3rd for the opportunity!

The Premier Chess Club (TPCC) Started making daily puzzles for this club on June 16, 2025.

Thanks to @Hen for the oppurtunity!

The Knight’s Army (TKA) Started making daily puzzles for this club on June 23, 2025.

Thanks to @Checkmated-nate for the oppurtunity!

The Super CUP Community (TSCC) Started making daily puzzles for this club on July 4, 2025. Thanks to @DMTSF for the oppurtunity!

Baby Turtle Lovers (BTL) Started making daily puzzles for this club on July 6, 2025. Thanks to @PretzelPatron for the oppurtunity!

Tour The Board (TTB) started making daily puzzles for this club on June 9, 2025. (Was it July 9? I don’t know.) Thanks to @TheEnlighteningsLightning for the oppurtunity!

Official Artist Club (OAC) started making puzzles for this club on July 17, 2025. Thanks to @Riley_Welch for the oppurtunity!

The Believers (TB) Started making daily puzzles for this club on July 20, 2025. Thanks to @Ziggy_Junior for the opportunity!

Certified Yappers (CY) Started making daily puzzles for this club on August 2, 2025. Thanks to @GM_YappingRickRoller for the oppurtunity!

The Chess Lovers 13 (TCL13) Started making daily puzzles for this club on Aug 2, 2025. Thanks to @TheEnlighteningsLightning (and their friend) for the oppurtunity!

Vendéan Generals Chess Club (VGCC) Started making daily puzzles for this club on August 6, 2025. Thanks to @MilesRomanusPublius for the oppurtunity!

Galaxy Of Chess (GOC) Started puzzles for this club on August 14, 2025. Thanks to @RizenChessYT for the opportunity!

Denis Lazavik Fan Club (DLFC) Started making puzzles for this club on August 15, 2025. Thanks to @Vasishta_Vedavyas for the opportunity!

Chess Creators Club (CCC) Started puzzles for this club on August 17, 2025. Thanks to @DracoWolf99 for the opportunity!

International Chess Players Society (ICPS) Started puzzles for this club on August 22, 2025. Thanks to @FidusEques for the oppurtunity!

The National Chess Games (TNCG) Started making daily puzzles for this club on August 24, 2025. Thanks to @Shlok10009 for the oppurtunity!

New Beginners Club (NBC) Started making daily puzzles for this club on August 25, 2025. Thanks to @Zhang-Zuolin for the oppurtunity!

Knight War (KW) Started making daily puzzles for this club on September 2, 2025. Thanks to @FutureGM_Kim for the oppurtunity!

Donald Duck Club (DDC) Started posting daily puzzles for this club on September 6 (or 7), 2025. Thanks to @elwolfje for the oppurtunity!

The Amazing Chess Players (TACP) Started posting daily puzzles for this club on September 8, 2025. Thanks to @Lord_Aragorn1 for the opportunity!

Rocket Astronomy (RA) Started posting daily puzzles for the club on September 9, 2025. Thanks to @Diamonds_and_netherite for the oppurtunity!

GM Oogum’s Personal Club (GMOPC) Started posting daily puzzles for this club on September 10, 2025. Thanks to @oogumboogummaster for the oppurtunity!

HALL OF FAME (NEW)

This list is for the clubs I like making puzzles for the most. Congrats to all clubs listed here!

Baby Turtle Lovers

The Knight’s Army

The Premier Chess Club

The 8×8’ers

The Artist Club

The Believers

The Chess Lovers 13

Chess Creators Club

The National Chess Games

Knight War

Donald Duck Club

The Amazing Chess Players

Rocket Astronomy (Not official, but I am considering it!)

GM Oogum’s Personal Club

More coming soon! (Very likely)

If you want me to make puzzles for your Chess.com club, DM me and I’ll get it sorted out. Thank you! See below for how to format a DM to request a club to have daily puzzles:

Sentence 1: “Hey, can you make daily puzzles for the club (insert club name?)”

Sentence 2: Optional “Thank you!”

Interesting People List (IPL)

@TheEnlighteningsLightning - AKA “The Lightbulb”. Has a neat club.

Everyone in the clubs I make daily puzzles for - You’re welcome!

@Luxob - Thank you for your daily puzzle review!

@FreeFriendlyDove - Thank you for your support of my puzzles. Stay Snoopy!

@flamingfire300 - my first time seriously coaching someone.

@Miracle - Great job reaching 2000!

@ PretzelPatron(Thanks for daily puzzle support)

@White-rabbit1 - An OG supporter of my daily puzzles.

@TheAuthorOfChickens - I mean, we’ve seen each other in club notes before, so why not add you to the IPL?

@Ziggy-Junior - Nice Club!

And everyone else. These are but examples of the most interesting people. To be on the main list of the IPL, DM me and I’ll consider you.

Remember: if you don’t make mistakes, you play better than Magnus.

“If you combine the Bishop and Rook, it becomes a book.” - Apex

If you love the daily puzzles I post, DM me to write a daily puzzle service review! I’ll add your review to my bio! PS. Thanks to Lichess.org and Chesstempo.com for being the main source of my puzzles! I may soon start using chess.com daily puzzles for my puzzles, just so you know.

Daily Puzzle service review sent on July 15, 2025 by @Luxob:

“Your puzzles are amazing!
Your puzzles are the first thing I do
Or when I am in somewhere else, then I do it in the day or something! :)”

Also, many people ask me how I make my puzzles. Here’s the full tutorial!

HOW TO MAKE PUZZLES - TUTORIAL
Where I get my puzzles from varies, but it’s currently either through Chesstempo.com or Lichess.org. This tutorial is for Lichess.org. So you have to go to https://lichess.org/training and go to https://lichess.org/training/themes if you want to make a puzzle involving a specific motif.
So once you’ve clicked on puzzles and lichess gave you a puzzle, go to chess.com/analysis and you have to rebuild the position (meaning you have to setup the starting position of the lichess puzzle on chess.com’s analysis board) lichess analysis board also works. Here’s a quick tip for rebuilding the position: say the piece positions out loud in your head. Add them to your analysis position one by one until you have the exact position rebuilt on chess.com/analysis. Then click on load.
Now that you’ve set up the position, it’s time to start building the actual thing. Turn on chess.com’s analysis if you haven’t already and make sure to turn on suggestion arrows. Then look at the position, wait for a bit for the suggestion arrow to appear. Then play that move on chess.com/analysis , and go back to lichess and play the same move to make sure it’s correct. Now play the response on the chess.com analysis board. Then repeat. Wait for the suggestion arrow, play that move in chess.com/analysis , then go to lichess, play that move to make sure it’s correct, play the response, and repeat until the moves of the puzzle is finished. Now copy the PGN.
Go to wherever you wanna add a puzzle (most likely in forums) and once you’re on the page where you create a forum, click on the button on the far left that looks like a chessboard. Now under load from FEN/PGN, paste the PGN. Now click on Add Game(s). Now click on the left arrow on the left. Don’t press load yet.
Next, Scroll a bit and you’ll see “theme”. Click on that.
Finally, uncheck “coordinates”, check flip board if needed, and check “puzzle”. Now load it and create the forum with any other things you wanna add!
Bonus step: test the puzzle. Go to the puzzle forum you made and play around (make some correct moves, some wrong ones) to make sure you did it correctly. If the forum just shows a chessboard with the position and you can’t make moves, You most likely forgot to check “Puzzle” in theme. You can fix bugs simply by editing the forum.
If you still have questions, just ask.

Thanks to everyone and everybody for their love, kindness, and last but not least, the opportunity to make wonderful puzzles for their Chess.com clubs in advance!

Before we go, two last things to know: if you DM me your favorite Chess piece, I’ll send you 20 cheers! I’ll send you them ASAP. You can repeat this process the day after and get 20 cheers daily as long as you keep messaging me your favorite Chess piece over and over! If you have any questions for me just DM me!

Around August 29, 2025, I reached 1,000 views. This is an important milestone in my eyes, so thank you for that! The next goal is 2,000 views.

Have a great rest of your day!

Old-Scool-Apex