Chess Crossword Puzzle

About the Chess Crossword Puzzle

This puzzle covers chess pieces, rules, tactics, openings, and competitive play. Look for terms such as Knight, Castling, Stalemate, Sicilian Defense, and Grandmaster, along with players like Magnus Carlsen and Bobby Fischer. It is suited to chess players, students learning the game, and anyone who enjoys board-game vocabulary.

This crossword draws on 47 clues about Chess. Each grid uses a different handful and fits them together a new way, so press New puzzle for another whenever you finish. The answers are in the answer key when you print, and behind the Reveal button when you play.

Sample clues

• •Move-recording system using piece letters and coordinates (9 letters)
• •Playing surface for a game (5 letters)
• •Game-ending attack with no legal escape (9 letters)
• •Late phase with few pieces remaining (7 letters)
• •Opening sacrifice offered for an advantage (6 letters)
• •Royal piece whose capture ends the game (4 letters)
• •Initial phase of play (7 letters)
• •Horizontal row of spaces (4 letters)

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