Temi di i prublemi

Cunsigliatu

Healthy mix6,328,422

A bit of everything. You don't know what to expect, so be ready for anything! Just like in real games.

Mumentu

Opening318,668

A tactic during the first phase of the game.

Middlegame2,884,725

A tactic during the second phase of the game.

Finale3,125,029

A tactic during the last phase of the game.

Rook endgame332,803

An endgame with only rooks and pawns.

Finale d' alfieri84,436

Una fine di partita cù soltantu alfieri è pedini.

Pawn endgame225,742

An endgame with only pawns.

Knight endgame51,240

An endgame with only knights and pawns.

Queen endgame72,158

An endgame with only queens and pawns.

Queen and Rook46,717

An endgame with only queens, rooks and pawns.

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Figura

Pedinu avanzatu384,779

Unu di i vostri pedini hè avanzatu in a pusizione di l' aversariu, podassi chì a so promuzoin hè una minaccia.

Attacchendu f2 o f745,966

Un attaccu cuncentratu nantu à u pedinu f2 o f7, cum'è in l' attaccu figatellu.

Catturà u difendidore42,982

Removing a piece that is critical to defence of another piece, allowing the now undefended piece to be captured on a following move.

Attaccu scappellatu326,836

Moving a piece (such as a knight), that previously blocked an attack by a long range piece (such as a rook), out of the way of that piece.

Scaccu doppiu32,955

Checking with two pieces at once, as a result of a discovered attack where both the moving piece and the unveiled piece attack the opponent's king.

Rè inariulatu187,578

A tactic involving a king with few defenders around it, often leading to checkmate.

Furcina830,311

A move where the moved piece attacks two opponent pieces at once.

Hanging piece250,768

A tactic involving an opponent piece being undefended or insufficiently defended and free to capture.

Attaccà l' arruccamentu uppostu543,895

Attaccà u rè uppostu quand' ellu s' hè messu à l' agrottu per via di l' arruccamentu minò.

Pin382,993

A tactic involving pins, where a piece is unable to move without revealing an attack on a higher value piece.

Queenside attack94,009

An attack of the opponent's king, after they castled on the queen side.

Sacrifice465,898

A tactic involving giving up material in the short-term, to gain an advantage again after a forced sequence of moves.

Skewer141,648

A motif involving a high value piece being attacked, moving out the way, and allowing a lower value piece behind it to be captured or attacked, the inverse of a pin.

Trapped piece73,361

A piece is unable to escape capture as it has limited moves.

Avanzatu

Attrazzione225,312

Un barattu o un sacrifiziu attira una pezza nantu à una cantarella induv'ella hè a sibula d' una tattica.

Liquidazione81,814

U move, à spessu cù un tempò, chì viota una cantarella, una culonna o una diagonale, pè lampà una incroccula tattica.

Collinear move7,680

Two opposing pieces face each other, and one slides along the line of attack without capturing the enemy piece.

Discovered check108,808

Move a piece to reveal a check from a hidden attacking piece, which often leads to a decisive advantage.

Colpu di difesa377,961

A precise move or sequence of moves that is needed to avoid losing material or another advantage.

Sviata272,703

A move that distracts an opposing piece from another duty that it performs, such as guarding a key square. Sometimes also called "overloading".

Interference23,300

Moving a piece between two opponent pieces to leave one or both opponent pieces undefended, such as a knight on a defended square between two rooks.

Intermezzo78,440

Instead of playing the expected move, first interpose another move posing an immediate threat that the opponent must answer. Also known as "Zwischenzug" or "In between".

Quiet move258,994

A move that does not check, capture, or create an immediate threat to capture. Instead, it prepares a hidden and unavoidable threat for a later move.

X-Ray attack22,243

A piece attacks or defends a square, through an enemy piece.

Zugzwang63,967

The opponent is limited in the moves they can make, and all moves worsen their position.

Scaccumatu

Checkmate1,952,132

Win the game with style.

Mate in 1900,997

Deliver checkmate in one move.

Mate in 2816,645

Deliver checkmate in two moves.

Mate in 3198,981

Deliver checkmate in three moves.

Mate in 429,205

Deliver checkmate in four moves.

Mate in 5 or more6,306

Figure out a long mating sequence.

Mate themes

U mattu d' Anastasia7,486

Un cavallu è una torra o una dama travaglianu inseme pè catturà u rè uppostu trà u bordu di a scacchera è una pezza di u so campu.

Scaccumattu arabu7,480

Un cavallu è una torra o una dama travaglianu inseme pè catturà u rè uppostu in un scornu di a scacchera.

U mattu di u curridore207,798

Scaccumattà u rè in a prima filare, quand' ellu hè bluccatu da i so pedini.

Balestra mate1,368

A bishop delivers the checkmate, while a queen blocks the remaining escape squares

Blind Swine mate6,361

Two rooks team up to mate the king in an area of 2 by 2 squares.

Scaccumattu di Boden3,737

2 alfieri chì cuntrollanu 2 i diagunalichì s' incrocianu danu un scaccumattu à un rè bluccatu da e so pezze.

Corner mate10,787

Confine the king to the corner using a rook or queen and a knight to engage the checkmate.

Scaccu mattu cù dui alfieri3,708

2 alfieri chì cuntrollanu 2 i diagunali vicine danu un scaccumattu à un rè bluccatu da e so pezze.

Mattu di Cozio4,073

Una dama dà un scaccumattu à un rè accantu à ella ch' ùn pò scappà postu ch'ellu hè bluccatu da e so pezze.

Epaulette mate22,648

Two adjacent escape squares for a checked king are occupied by other pieces.

Hook mate10,721

Checkmate with a rook, knight, and pawn along with one enemy pawn to limit the enemy king's escape.

Kill box mate5,520

A rook is next to the enemy king and supported by a queen that also blocks the king's escape squares. The rook and the queen catch the enemy king in a 3 by 3 "kill box".

Pillsbury's mate67,647

The rook delivers checkmate, while the bishop helps to confine it.

Morphy's mate7,134

Use the bishop to check the king, while your rook helps to confine it.

Opera mate63,941

Check the king with a rook and use a bishop to defend the rook.

Swallow's tail mate8,398

A checkmate pattern that visually resembles the appearance of a swallow’s tail, similar to a V shape.

Triangle mate7,854

The queen and rook, one square away from the enemy king, are on the same rank or file, separated by one square, forming a triangle.

Vuković mate2,487

A rook and knight team up to mate the king. The rook delivers mate while supported by a third piece, and the knight is used to block the king's escape squares.

Smothered mate24,321

A checkmate delivered by a knight in which the mated king is unable to move because it is surrounded (or smothered) by its own pieces.

Colpu speciale

Arruccamentu2,641

Mette u rè à l' aggrottu, è sviluppa a torra pè l' attaccu.

En passant rights8,856

A tactic involving the en passant rule, where a pawn can capture an opponent pawn that has bypassed it using its initial two-square move.

Promotion149,797

Promote one of your pawn to a queen or minor piece.

Underpromotion1,164

Promotion to a knight, bishop, or rook.

Scopu

Ugualità43,030

Rivene da una pusizione perdente, è assicurà si a patta o una pusizione uguale. (val ≤ 200cp)

Vantaghju1,880,323

Ùn perdite l' uccasione di piglià un vantaghju decisivu. (200cp ≤ eval ≤ 600cp)

Sfracellu2,423,716

Sfuttà u sbagliu di l' aversariu per uttene un vantaghju decisivu. (eval ≥ 600cp)

Checkmate1,952,132

Win the game with style.

Lunghezza

One-move puzzle948,255

A puzzle that is only one move long.

Short puzzle3,227,657

Two moves to win.

Long puzzle1,614,953

Three moves to win.

Very long puzzle508,336

Four moves or more to win.

Origine

Master games831,769

Puzzles from games played by titled players.

Master vs Master games76,919

Puzzles from games between two titled players.

Super GM games3,260

Puzzles from games played by the best players in the world.

Player games

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