What is Lichess Daily Puzzle?
Lichess is a free, open-source chess site run as a non-profit, and every day it picks one puzzle for everybody to solve. You see a position taken from a real game, and you have to find the strongest move, often a short combination that wins material or forces checkmate. If you play the right first move, the opponent replies and you continue until the idea is complete. The daily puzzle is usually chosen to be elegant or instructive rather than simply hard, so it is a nice way to keep your eye for tactics sharp without committing to a full game. There are no ads and you do not need an account, though signing in lets the site track your puzzle rating. You do need to know how the pieces move, but you do not need to be a strong player. It suits casual chess fans, people who learned the game long ago and want to get back into it, and anyone who enjoys the click of finding the one move that works.
How to play
- Look at the position. The board shows whose turn it is.
- Find the best move and play it on the board.
- If there is a follow-up, keep going until the combination is complete.
