With the introduction of the Puzzle Forge, you now have the ability to create your own puzzles using our website, and share them with others. In this article we will walk you through the process of creating a chess puzzle, using our Puzzle Creator.
Step 1
First make sure you have registered an account, and logged in to the website. Then navigate to the Puzzle Forge and click on the 'Create' button at the top of the page.
Step 2
Create the position for your puzzle either by dragging and dropping chess pieces onto the board, or by pasting the FEN notation for the position into the FEN input box and clicking 'Apply'. You can easily export your FEN positions when analysing games on websites like Chess.com and Lichess.
Step 3
Once you have created your position, click the 'Analyse' button to run engine analysis on the chess position. The current criteria for a valid puzzle is: must be a checkmate in 5 or less, must have only 1 solution to force a checkmate. If the analysis is a success, you will be able to name and save the puzzle, if not you will be told why.
Step 4
After clicking save, you will be redirected to the new webpage for your puzzle! You can share the link with your friends, and also find the chess puzzle listed in the Puzzle Forge for other users to find. Congratulations, you are now a chess puzzle creator!