♟️ Chess for kids
A real chess puzzle every day, solved with three taps; your first twenty openings in kid words; Peabody to play at three strengths; and a log of your own games. No account, no ads, no chat, and nothing you tap leaves this device.
Today's puzzle
A smothered mate puzzle. White to move: find the checkmate in one.
Openings to learn first
- Italian Game
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 - Giuoco Piano
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 - Two Knights Defense
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 - Fried Liver Attack
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Nxd5 6. Nxf7 - Evans Gambit
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 - Scotch Game
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 - Ruy Lopez
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 - Four Knights Game
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6
For grown-ups
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