Real positions. Quiet practice.

Challenging Chess Puzzles

Search 49,500 locally indexed real-game positions, narrow them by motif, difficulty or rating, then play each stored tactical line directly on the board without an upstream connection.

Rating 1600–1999 · 9000 puzzles

Challenging level — for strong club players

Multi-move combinations where move order and in-between resources decide whether the idea works at all.

How to train at this level

Calculate the full line to a quiet position before playing the first move. When you fail one, replay it and find the exact ply where your calculation diverged — that habit converts losses into training signal.

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24 shown from 49500 locally materialized records.

Showing 2425–2448 of 9000 matching records

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Puzzle 0H8OM

Rating 1701 advantagelongmiddlegame
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Puzzle 0InvA

Rating 1701 killBoxMatematemateIn1
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Puzzle 0KjY7

Rating 1701 crushingdefensiveMovemiddlegame
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Puzzle 0NGiY

Rating 1701 crushingdefensiveMoveendgame
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Puzzle 0QaIX

Rating 1701 attractioncrushingendgame
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Puzzle 0SReg

Rating 1701 crushingdefensiveMoveendgame
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Puzzle 0SsK5

Rating 1701 advantagekingsideAttackmiddlegame
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Puzzle 0SuZT

Rating 1701 advantageforkinterference
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Puzzle 0TwJU

Rating 1701 crushingmiddlegameshort
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Puzzle 0UGku

Rating 1701 advantagedefensiveMovemiddlegame
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Puzzle 01yYo

Rating 1702 crushingendgamerookEndgame
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Puzzle 021wj

Rating 1702 advancedPawncrushingendgame
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Puzzle 02t6P

Rating 1702 crushingdefensiveMoveendgame
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Puzzle 03SLJ

Rating 1702 advancedPawnendgamemate
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Puzzle 04eE6

Rating 1702 advantagediscoveredAttackmiddlegame
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Puzzle 06oq4

Rating 1702 advantagedefensiveMoveopening
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Puzzle 08DdT

Rating 1702 crushingmiddlegameshort
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Puzzle 08O2w

Rating 1702 crushingdiscoveredAttackdiscoveredCheck
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Puzzle 0B6Lb

Rating 1702 advantageintermezzolong
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Puzzle 0E3HF

Rating 1702 crushingdefensiveMoveendgame
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Puzzle 0E9dd

Rating 1702 advantagehangingPieceopening
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