Daily Chess Puzzle
One hand-picked chess tactic every day — free, no account, and playable offline. Find the winning line, keep your streak alive, then play the position out against the engine. A new puzzle unlocks at midnight IST, and everyone in the world gets the same one, so you can compare with friends.
How it works
- One puzzle a day. A fresh tactic every morning (midnight IST). You get one attempt — just like a daily word game — so it counts.
- Build a streak. Solve it each day to grow your streak. Miss a day and it resets, so keep coming back.
- Learn by playing. Stuck? Reveal the solution after a try. Solved it? Play the position on against the Stockfish 16 engine to see how it would continue.
- No sign-in, works offline. Nothing to install and no account needed — your streak is saved on your device.
Every kind of tactic
The 1,225-puzzle set spans the tactics that decide real games — forks, pins, skewers, discovered attacks, sacrifices, mating nets and endgame technique — across a mix of difficulties from approachable to genuinely tough. Great for beginners learning patterns and for stronger players keeping sharp.
Want more chess?
- Play chess vs the computer — a full game against Stockfish 16 at ten levels.
- Puzzle archive — replay any past day’s puzzle.
- How to play chess vs the computer — the levels, the eval bar and move verdicts explained.