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Printable Double check Puzzles
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Printable worksheet
12 double check puzzles, every difficulty, with answer key
A double check delivers check from two pieces at once — the moving piece and the unmasked piece behind it. Blocking or capturing cannot answer both, so the king must move, which makes double checks the engine of many forced mates.
Positions from the Lichess open puzzle database (CC0). The answer key prints on the last page.
Double check — chess puzzle worksheet
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Answer key
- Puzzle 0Krgd: g7g6 → e4d6 (the first move is the opponent’s setup move)
- Puzzle 01Z8E: e3g1 → d3f4 → h3g3 → f4e2 → g3g2 → e2g1 (the first move is the opponent’s setup move)
- Puzzle 0DogY: c1c8 → d3f2 → h1g1 → f2h3 → g1f1 → a7f2 (the first move is the opponent’s setup move)
- Puzzle 09iNz: d5f4 → e6e8 (the first move is the opponent’s setup move)
- Puzzle 07Wce: f6d5 → d4e6 → g7g8 → c3g7 (the first move is the opponent’s setup move)
- Puzzle 0QacW: e6d4 → d5e7 → g8h8 → e7g6 → h8h7 → g6f8 (the first move is the opponent’s setup move)
- Puzzle 02NZR: g5f6 → e5f3 → e1d1 → e7e1 (the first move is the opponent’s setup move)
- Puzzle 0h4RB: a1d1 → g6g2 → g1g2 → d5e3 → g2g3 → b7g2 (the first move is the opponent’s setup move)
- Puzzle 0eRgQ: d4f5 → e5f3 → f2f3 → g3g2 → h2h1 → d6h2 (the first move is the opponent’s setup move)
- Puzzle 0f9O8: h7h6 → d1h5 → d8e7 → g5f7 → g8f6 → f7d6 (the first move is the opponent’s setup move)
- Puzzle 0dJeh: h4f4 → e4g3 → e2f2 → c7f4 → g1g3 → e8e2 → f2e2 → f4g3 (the first move is the opponent’s setup move)
- Puzzle 1IKUr: h6g5 → h3f5 → h7g7 → f5g6 (the first move is the opponent’s setup move)
Source: Lichess open puzzle database · database.lichess.org · CC0