♞ Daily Chess Puzzle

Every day brings a new hand-picked chess position with one clean idea: find the move that ends it. Our daily chess puzzle is a quick mate-in-one (with tougher days mixed in) you can solve in under a minute — a perfect morning warm-up or a calm break.

How to play

1. Find the move that delivers immediate checkmate.
2. Any move that mates counts — there's no single trick to guess.
3. Sign in and your solve time joins the daily leaderboard.

A new puzzle every day

Missed one? Browse past chess puzzle puzzles, or see all of today's daily puzzles. It's free, kid-safe, and plays right in your browser — no app, no sign-up. Sign in to save your streak and climb the leaderboard.