Puzzles!

Below on this page are the first six puzzles that appeared on the club website. Some are very easy but some are quite hard! You can reveal the solution to each puzzle by clicking on the appropriate board.
Have a go and see how well you can do!

The Easiest Chess
Problem of All!

It's just for fun!

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1) White to play and mate in six!

Fischer - Miagmasuren
(Sousse, 1967)

Position after black's 30th:

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2) Which white move will now force checkmate?

Kasparov - Topalov
(Wijk aan Zee, 1999)

Position after white's 25th:

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3) Why mustn't black now play ... Qxe7?

Kasparov - Topalov
(Wijk aan Zee, 1999)

Position after white's 28th:

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4) Black's move: why would ... Bxd5 be bad?

Kasparov - Topalov
(Wijk aan Zee, 1999)

Position after white's 36th:

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5) Black to move: what's wrong with ... Qxf1?

Fischer - Sherwin
(US Champ., 1957-58)

Position after black's 30th:

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6) What is white's best move in this position?

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