Chess Club

Stemwinder Puzzles and Solutions

Here are 150 fun chess puzzles. Some are hard and some are easy. You can try out your solutions on the screen by dragging and dropping pieces, and then click on the solution and see it displayed move by move.
Enjoy!
(These puzzles were originally published in 3M Company's newspaper the Stemwinder, but they did not originate the puzzles.)

Solutions by Stemwinder puzzle number:

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