The One-Minute Endgame Challenge – Exeter Junior Chess Club

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13th OctoberOctober 13, 2026

Welcome to Yas and our special returning guest Mr.B! A puzzle from Baker:

Oct 6October 6, 2026

A different sort of puzzle today from Mr Lees: you are given the first move, but why is it clever?

Puzzle cornerSeptember 29, 2026

Mr.B was always very good at producing a puzzle for us each week. Today’s puzzle comes from Mr.Lees — many thanks! You’re Black, and you can checkmate White in two moves (you move, White moves, then you play checkmate). HINTS: select the text below the numbers 1. [White doesn’t have many moves] 2. [If you can play …Na6xBc7 it’s checkmate] 3. [Can you force White to put their Bishop on c7? (yes!)] SOLUTION: reveal by clicking the [ > ] button.

Tues 22 Sept 2026September 23, 2026

Welcome to Elliott We had an unusual game where the Black King charged up the board to e1! This is called a ‘King march’ if the player chooses to do it, or a ‘King hunt’ if the King is chased there. One of the most famous King hunts was this one:

A second stepSeptember 15, 2026

Welcome back to some old friends we missed last week, and a warm welcome to Reuben, Dylan and Teddy. Sorry I didn’t get around to printing a rating list this week — Tuesday proved to be a longer day at work than I expected! — but they’re all there on the website and updated this evening.