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 3313–3336 of 9000 matching records

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Puzzle 0FTxV

Rating 1742 advancedPawncrushingendgame
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Puzzle 0H6Yl

Rating 1742 crushingendgamemaster
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Puzzle 0H8Ue

Rating 1742 bishopEndgamecrushingdefensiveMove
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Puzzle 0IMSX

Rating 1742 advantagedefensiveMovemiddlegame
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Puzzle 0Ld2M

Rating 1742 advantagemiddlegameshort
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Puzzle 0N1fM

Rating 1742 advancedPawnadvantagediscoveredAttack
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Puzzle 0Nxzm

Rating 1742 kingsideAttackmatemateIn2
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Puzzle 0SuUR

Rating 1742 advantagedefensiveMoveendgame
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Puzzle 00rAM

Rating 1743 advantagedeflectionmiddlegame
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Puzzle 02GG8

Rating 1743 attractionendgamemaster
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Puzzle 04tW5

Rating 1743 advantageexposedKingfork
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Puzzle 0D4YP

Rating 1743 crushingendgameexposedKing
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Puzzle 0DRin

Rating 1743 advantagekingsideAttackmiddlegame
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Puzzle 0DxdS

Rating 1743 advantagelongmiddlegame
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Puzzle 0FSHX

Rating 1743 advantagemastermiddlegame
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Puzzle 0Ggff

Rating 1743 advantageattractionmiddlegame
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Puzzle 0GWXc

Rating 1743 advantagedeflectionlong
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Puzzle 0KziJ

Rating 1743 crushingdeflectionendgame
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Puzzle 0S4mD

Rating 1743 bishopEndgamecrushingendgame
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Puzzle 0SzSu

Rating 1743 advantageendgameshort
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