Daily puzzle

#6 · June 15, 2026
David Howell
David Howell

In today's puzzle we're re-living a bit of chess history. Can you find the way Magnus Carlsen finished off Sergey Karjakin to win the World Championship in 2016?

Played 30.11.2016, in 2016 World Ch. Tiebreak • Carlsen vs Karjakin • Round 4 • New York, USA
Solution

Qh6+ gxh6 Rxf7#

Well done channeling your inner Magnus Carlsen! After the spectacular queen sacrifice Black had no way to avoid checkmate on the next move, regardless of which piece the queen was captured with.