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 337–360 of 9000 matching records

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Puzzle 097Dt

Rating 1613 advantagecapturingDefenderintermezzo
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Puzzle 09fyL

Rating 1613 crushingdeflectionlong
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Puzzle 09vvQ

Rating 1613 matemateIn2middlegame
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Puzzle 0AQBr

Rating 1613 crushingdefensiveMoveendgame
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Puzzle 0C9WJ

Rating 1613 matemateIn1middlegame
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Puzzle 0Cc9B

Rating 1613 crushingdefensiveMoveendgame
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Puzzle 0D3Bv

Rating 1613 attractioncrushingendgame
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Puzzle 0DGue

Rating 1613 advancedPawnadvantagemaster
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Puzzle 0HE05

Rating 1613 advantagediscoveredAttackmaster
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Puzzle 0Hi00

Rating 1613 advantagediscoveredAttackmiddlegame
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Puzzle 0Hvz6

Rating 1613 attractioncrushingendgame
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Puzzle 0Ix9j

Rating 1613 crushingdiscoveredAttackmiddlegame
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Puzzle 0LAPn

Rating 1613 crushingmasteropening
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Puzzle 0LEfx

Rating 1613 advantagemiddlegameshort
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Puzzle 0MTCl

Rating 1613 advantagehangingPiecemiddlegame
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Puzzle 0Oy3E

Rating 1613 advancedPawncrushingdefensiveMove
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Puzzle 0QNIh

Rating 1613 advantagemiddlegameshort
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Puzzle 00Gc5

Rating 1614 advantagedeflectionendgame
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Puzzle 0449R

Rating 1614 crushingdeflectionendgame
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