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 3169–3192 of 9000 matching records

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Puzzle 0SiFG

Rating 1735 advantagedefensiveMovemiddlegame
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Puzzle 0TfLX

Rating 1735 attractionkingsideAttackmate
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Puzzle 0UQiN

Rating 1735 matemateIn2middlegame
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Puzzle 01AIF

Rating 1736 crushingendgamepawnEndgame
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Puzzle 01OKT

Rating 1736 advantagemiddlegameshort
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Puzzle 01vf9

Rating 1736 crushingendgamemaster
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Puzzle 06S6c

Rating 1736 crushinglongmiddlegame
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Puzzle 07RGy

Rating 1736 crushinglongmiddlegame
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Puzzle 0DY7h

Rating 1736 advantagedefensiveMovelong
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Puzzle 0Gg52

Rating 1736 crushingmiddlegameshort
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Puzzle 0M2KR

Rating 1736 cornerMateintermezzomate
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Puzzle 0MYBQ

Rating 1736 crushingmiddlegamepin
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Puzzle 0OM4O

Rating 1736 matemateIn2middlegame
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Puzzle 0RrTi

Rating 1736 backRankMatematemateIn5
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Puzzle 0S7De

Rating 1736 advantagelongmiddlegame
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Puzzle 0TaMx

Rating 1736 crushingendgamemaster
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Puzzle 0TReG

Rating 1736 crushingendgamepawnEndgame
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Puzzle 01Sr1

Rating 1737 discoveredAttackdiscoveredChecklong
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Puzzle 02YYe

Rating 1737 attractioncrushingendgame
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