Chess Puzzles
Chedoku chess puzzle
To solve a Chedoku puzzle, rearrange the chess pieces so that the number of threats to each square matches the large number shown on it. White pieces increase the threat count by one (+1), while black pieces decrease it by one (−1).
SokoChess
SokoChess White is a puzzle game about pushing Chess pieces into their destination and overcoming various obstacles. Enjoy 70 different handcrafted levels with a unique twist on the Chess formula.
Ain't it funny how the knight moves?
Move the knight to every square in order, right to left, top to bottom. Except don't land anywhere the queen can take you, and don’t take the queen.
Chessguessr
You will be shown a position from a chess game. Guess the 5 next moves played in the game. After each guess, the color of the tile will show how close you were. It's like Wordle, or Chessle, but for chess games.
chessle
Guess the entire opening sequence, for both white and black! You have 6 guesses.
Chessformer
Chessformer is a grid-based puzzle platformer with Chess pieces. The goal in each level is to capture the opposing king, who is lazy and never moves, so don't worry about losing any pieces.
Unlock The King
A originally designed puzzle game inspired by Chess. Move the pieces and create a path to Unlock the King.
Chess-Slide
Get the colored pieces to the squares with the same colors. Pieces can only jump to the free square, and only if it is a valid chess move.
Knight's tour
A knight's tour is a sequence of moves of a knight on a chessboard such that the knight visits every square exactly once. If the knight ends on a square that is one knight's move from the beginning square (so that it could tour the board again immediately, following the same path), the tour is closed (or re-entrant); otherwise, it is open.
Chezzle video game
An endless, thought provoking, meditative Chess puzzler with a twist. Clear the board by chaining together moves.
Chezzle boardgame
CHEZZLE is something like "chess played with puzzle pieces". Players move puzzle shaped pieces around a checker style board in an attempt to capture the opponent's pieces. Movement is similar to chess in the sense that each pieces shape / type has it's own unique movement. The captured pieces are used to create a puzzle pattern or CHEZZLE which is selected prior to play.
ELOGUESSER
Guess the average elo between the two players
Boardle
Boardle is a free daily chess puzzle in the style of a wordle game. You get five attempts to solve the puzzle by choosing the best series of moves for both players. As you play, your guesses will fill in the tiles below the chessboard using standard algebraic notation (SAN), similar to chessle, and other chess wordle variants.
Echo Chess
You are playing White, there is no opponent. You must capture all pieces to win. You become the "echo" of any piece you capture. You can't pass through red obstacles. Find the best move order to clear the board.
Hexagonal chess
Hexagonal chess is a group of chess variants played on boards composed of hexagon cells.
1D-Chess
1d-chess is a new variant where you can play the beautiful game without all those unnecessary and complicated extra dimensions. Play as white against the AI. This chess variant was first described by Martin Gardner in the Mathematical Games column of the July 1980 issue of Scientific American.
Worse Chess
a 1d chess variant but it's worse
Laser
Take your opponent's King or move one of your pawns to the seven squares in the opposite corner.
Ludii chess variants
Ludii is a general game system designed to play, evaluate and design a wide range of games, including board games, card games, dice games, mathematical games, and so on.
Chess Variant
The Chess Variant Pages is an amateur, hobbyist website that has been run by volunteers since it was founded in 1995. It focuses on documenting games based on, related to, or similar enough to Chess and on letting you play many of them.
Green Chess
Green Chess is a place for playing chess with other people online. Besides standard chess, you can also play chess variants, e.g. hexagonal chess, chess with new pieces, three-player chess, multi-move chess etc.
ChessVal
Guess the stockfish 16 evaluation of the position.
Chessweeper
Chess X Minesweeper - Numbered tiles represent the number of pieces that have that tile in check.
Anti Knight Sudoku Puzzle
In Anti-Knight Sudoku, duplicate numbers can't appear within a knight's move of each other. (The usual rules of Sudoku apply as well, of course!)
Kung Fu Chess
Kung Fu Chess is a variant of chess designed for the internet age. It brings the real-time strategy aspect of games like StarCraft, Command & Conquer, and Age of Empires to a classic setting. It was originally released in 2002 by Shizmoo Games and was popular through the mid-2000s.
Los Alamos chess
Los Alamos chess is a chess variant played on a 6×6 board without bishops. This was the first chess-like game played by a computer program.
Game 4x4 Chess: Last Man Stand
In this intense game, players take turns with only two choices: place a new pawn on the board or move one of their existing pawns.
Lichess variants
- Crazyhouse: Captured pieces can be dropped back on the board instead of moving a piece.
- Chess960: Starting position of the home rank pieces is randomized.
- King of the Hill: Bring your King to the center to win the game.
- Three-check: Check your opponent 3 times to win the game.
- Antichess: Lose all your pieces (or get stalemated) to win the game.
- Atomic: Nuke your opponent's king to win.
- Hord: Destroy the horde to win!
- Racing Kings: Race your King to the eighth rank to win.