Even though solving checkmating combinations, puzzles and/or compositions won’t help you improve your knowledge in chess, it helps in improving your calculation and visualization skills. Therefore, it is an essential part of the chess training.

Today our Academy Manager, Aggelos Kessaris, has prepared a video for you, in which he goes through more than 25 checkmate compositions and puzzles. Grab a paper and a pen to calculate your score as you go through every puzzle and comment below your final score. Are you ready? 😊

All the below problems are checkmate in 1 move. Good luck!

White to play

White to play

White to play

They are too easy for you, huh? Well, it’s about to get tougher. 😊

White to play

White to play

Now you can watch the full video below and solve all the 27 amazing puzzles: