Illusions
The knights in
the picture are the same colour. Honest !
The square on the right is from the lower Knight, the square on the left is from the upper Knight.
Also,
using a colour selector tool, both knights are shown to have
colour #6B6B6B
Yes, you have guessed. In the image on the left all the lines are perfectly horizontal and vertical.
Remember the 'Magic' pictures ? They were all the rage about 20 years ago.
You stare at the picture and after you go a little cross-eyed you can see a 3-D image.
Click on the images to see a full size image.
This one on the left contains chess pieces.
This one simply shows a 3-d image of the image shown.
If you enjoy going cross-eyed here's the official web-site.
Puzzles
Note - For all puzzles click on move 1. ? to reveal the moves
A very easy one to start with. It's hardly a puzzle really. Just amusing.
White to play and win Click here for a hint
It is mate in 2, not 3 ! The hint will help.
White to play and mate in 2 Click here for a hint
A nice one. Not easy to see at first.
White to play and win Click here for a hint
Black to play and win Click here for a hint
As a matter of interest I should say that I wondered who NN was. After some investigation I was surpised to see that he(she?) has lost almost all the games that he/she has ever played. Must be the worst player ever !
After further investigation I was again surprised to see that NN has played all the greats - Morphy, Stenitz, Tarrasch, Alekhine, Tal, Capablanca, Fischer, Kasparov.
Here is a link to NN's games.
Two for the price of one ! One winning answer is a Queen move, the other a Rook move. Select either on the drop down box below. In the actual game neither was played as Black resigned.
White to play and win Click here for a hint for the Queen move variation
Click here for another hint for the Queen move variation
Click here for a hint for the Rook move variation
It is easy to see that White has already checkmated Black !
But how did it happen ?
A Samuel Lloyd puzzle.
White to play and win in half a move Click here for a hint
This is difficult. You will probably need the hints.
White to play and win in half a move Click here for hint1
Click here for hint2
Click here for hint3