Puzzle Themes

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Healthy mix6 029 638

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

Phases

Opening307 563

A tactic during the first phase of the game.

Middlegame2 759 785

A tactic during the second phase of the game.

Ендшпил2 962 290

A tactic during the last phase of the game.

Пашне ендшпилӗ314 421

An endgame with only rooks and pawns.

Пил ендшпилӗ79 900

An endgame with only bishops and pawns.

Салтак ендшпилӗ211 988

An endgame with only pawns.

Лаша ендшпилӗ48 499

An endgame with only knights and pawns.

Ҫарпуҫ ендшпилӗ67 700

An endgame with only queens and pawns.

Ҫарпуҫӗпе пашне44 006

An endgame with only queens, rooks and pawns.

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Motifs

Advanced pawn364 041

One of your pawns is deep into the opponent position, maybe threatening to promote.

Attacking f2 or f743 345

An attack focusing on the f2 or f7 pawn, such as in the fried liver opening.

Capture the defender41 809

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

Discovered attack313 595

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.

Double check31 187

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.

Exposed king177 691

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

Кармак797 058

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

Hanging piece240 463

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

Kingside attack513 454

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

Ҫирӗплет366 660

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

Queenside attack88 707

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

Sacrifice441 549

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

Skewer134 882

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 piece71 332

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

Advanced

Attraction213 692

An exchange or sacrifice encouraging or forcing an opponent piece to a square that allows a follow-up tactic.

Clearance78 233

A move, often with tempo, that clears a square, file or diagonal for a follow-up tactical idea.

Discovered check108 808

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

Defensive move361 205

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

Deflection259 322

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

Interference22 363

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.

Intermezzo75 668

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 move246 522

A move that does neither make a check or capture, nor an immediate threat to capture, but does prepare a more hidden unavoidable threat for a later move.

X-Ray attack21 041

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

Zugzwang60 076

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

Mates

Шах та мат1 825 283

Win the game with style.

Mate in 1836 153

Deliver checkmate in one move.

Mate in 2768 688

Deliver checkmate in two moves.

Mate in 3187 085

Deliver checkmate in three moves.

Mate in 427 447

Deliver checkmate in four moves.

Mate in 5 or more5 912

Figure out a long mating sequence.

Mate themes

Anastasia's mate7 045

A knight and rook or queen team up to trap the opposing king between the side of the board and a friendly piece.

Арабла мат6 960

A knight and a rook team up to trap the opposing king on a corner of the board.

Back rank mate196 452

Checkmate the king on the home rank, when it is trapped there by its own pieces.

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.

Боден мачӗ3 487

Two attacking bishops on criss-crossing diagonals deliver mate to a king obstructed by friendly pieces.

Corner mate10 794

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

Double bishop mate3 422

Two attacking bishops on adjacent diagonals deliver mate to a king obstructed by friendly pieces.

Dovetail mate3 821

A queen delivers mate to an adjacent king, whose only two escape squares are obstructed by friendly pieces.

Hook mate9 996

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 649

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

Morphy's mate7 135

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

Opera mate63 942

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

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.

Vukovic 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 mate22 646

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.

Special moves

Рокировка2 587

Bring the king to safety, and deploy the rook for attack.

En passant8 455

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.

Promotion141 506

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

Underpromotion1 118

Promotion to a knight, bishop, or rook.

Goals

Equality43 027

Come back from a losing position, and secure a draw or a balanced position. (eval ≤ 200cp)

Advantage1 804 452

Seize your chance to get a decisive advantage. (200cp ≤ eval ≤ 600cp)

Crushing2 327 330

Spot the opponent blunder to obtain a crushing advantage. (eval ≥ 600cp)

Шах та мат1 825 283

Win the game with style.

Lengths

One-move puzzle883 411

A puzzle that is only one move long.

Short puzzle3 096 511

Two moves to win.

Long puzzle1 534 839

Three moves to win.

Very long puzzle485 331

Four moves or more to win.

Origin

Master games801 279

Puzzles from games played by titled players.

Master vs Master games75 605

Puzzles from games between two titled players.

Super GM games3 178

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

Player games

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