Chess Challenges: Find Mistakes, Avoid Checkmates

If you love playing chess, here is the chance for you to crack the chess. In these chess puzzles, White made a mistake in its previous move and Black is ready to checkmate. Your chess challenge in these puzzles is to find the mistake made by White and then find the winning move of Black.

1. Chess Challenge:  Find the Mistake and Checkmate in 1 Move

There are 5 chess challenges in this article. In each of these chess riddles, you have to play Black and checkmate White immediately with one move. However, there is one more challenge in these chess brain teasers. These puzzles are taken from the real chess game. While playing this game, White made a mistake in its previous move. Your second challenge in these chess riddles is to find the best previous move by White that will avoid this immediate checkmate.

We have provided answers to all the 5 chess challenges in this article. There is only one unique checkmate move by Black which is mentioned in these answers.

We have also tried to find out the best previous move by White. However, your answer to White's move may be different than our solution. In case you could find the better move, please write down your answer in the comments.

2. Chess Challenge:  Find the Mistake and Checkmate in 1 Move

3. Chess Challenge:  Find the Mistake and Checkmate in 1 Move

4. Chess Challenge:  Find the Mistake and Checkmate in 1 Move

5. Chess Challenge:  Find the Mistake and Checkmate in 1 Move

The answer to these "Chess Challenges", can be viewed by clicking the answer button.

1. Checkmate Move by Black: Qe1#
In this game, the White should not move Rook from Row 1 before making the escape for King. So g3 will be one of the better choices for White to avoid immediate checkmate by Black.















2. Checkmate Move by Black: Qxd1#
Here the last move by Black is a complete blunder. White should give escape square to King with a3.















3. Checkmate Move by Black: Nxc2#
This was the hopeless position for White. Any other move to protect the c2 square will lead to checkmate at e2#.















4. Checkmate Move by Black: Re1#
Here in this game, the White was in the winning position. Kf1 would have been the best move to avoid this checkmate and develop King for contributing in the end game.















5. Checkmate Move by Black: Qxh3#
In this Game, the White is the in winning position. This checkmate attack could have been avoided with Qf1.

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