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 3769–3792 of 9000 matching records

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Puzzle 097J3

Rating 1763 crushinglongmiddlegame
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Puzzle 0JgtM

Rating 1763 crushingmiddlegameveryLong
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Puzzle 0NCFV

Rating 1763 matemateIn1middlegame
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Puzzle 0NNjj

Rating 1763 advantagedefensiveMovelong
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Puzzle 0P7Ce

Rating 1763 attractioncrushingfork
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Puzzle 0PGzV

Rating 1763 crushingmiddlegamepin
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Puzzle 0QWVK

Rating 1763 attractionendgamelong
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Puzzle 0THLI

Rating 1763 advantagelongmiddlegame
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Puzzle 0UfeR

Rating 1763 advantagemiddlegameshort
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Puzzle 02lAL

Rating 1764 advantagemiddlegameshort
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Puzzle 05GCA

Rating 1764 crushingdiscoveredAttackdiscoveredCheck
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Puzzle 05mlq

Rating 1764 advantageendgameshort
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Puzzle 063Z3

Rating 1764 crushingdefensiveMoveendgame
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Puzzle 08UNz

Rating 1764 crushingmiddlegameshort
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Puzzle 0EIPU

Rating 1764 advantagemiddlegameshort
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Puzzle 0FXwj

Rating 1764 attractionendgamemate
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Puzzle 0G8uq

Rating 1764 attractioncrushingdeflection
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Puzzle 0H13A

Rating 1764 advancedPawnbishopEndgamecrushing
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Puzzle 0HgjA

Rating 1764 advantagehangingPiecelong
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Puzzle 0IpFe

Rating 1764 attackingF2F7crushingdeflection
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