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 3097–3120 of 9000 matching records

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Puzzle 04B3j

Rating 1732 advantagediscoveredAttackmaster
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Puzzle 09kNc

Rating 1732 advancedPawncrushingendgame
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Puzzle 09tB1

Rating 1732 advantagediscoveredAttackkingsideAttack
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Puzzle 0BDmC

Rating 1732 advantagedefensiveMoveendgame
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Puzzle 0CZjr

Rating 1732 crushingmiddlegameshort
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Puzzle 0D4lY

Rating 1732 advantagediscoveredAttackdiscoveredCheck
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Puzzle 0ET17

Rating 1732 advantagemiddlegameshort
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Puzzle 0FaZq

Rating 1732 advancedPawnadvantageendgame
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Puzzle 0Ky64

Rating 1732 advantagemiddlegameveryLong
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Puzzle 0NvXa

Rating 1732 bishopEndgamecrushingendgame
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Puzzle 0OwuX

Rating 1732 advantagediscoveredAttackendgame
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Puzzle 0PVQS

Rating 1732 crushingmiddlegameshort
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Puzzle 0UNJ3

Rating 1732 advantagedefensiveMoveendgame
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Puzzle 01olo

Rating 1733 advantagelongmiddlegame
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Puzzle 01xaX

Rating 1733 matemateIn2middlegame
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Puzzle 03dHm

Rating 1733 advantagemastermiddlegame
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Puzzle 03glF

Rating 1733 advantagelongmiddlegame
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Puzzle 05IZ5

Rating 1733 crushingmiddlegamepin
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Puzzle 07jCc

Rating 1733 advantagemiddlegameshort
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Puzzle 0B26Z

Rating 1733 advantagelongmiddlegame
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Puzzle 0ChqP

Rating 1733 advantagediscoveredAttackfork
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