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 3889–3912 of 9000 matching records

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Puzzle 0PGoz

Rating 1769 backRankMateendgamelong
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Puzzle 0R8se

Rating 1769 advantagelongmiddlegame
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Puzzle 0SCYw

Rating 1769 advantagelongmiddlegame
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Puzzle 0SUAL

Rating 1769 crushingendgameinterference
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Puzzle 0UHhm

Rating 1769 advantagemiddlegameshort
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Puzzle 00EgR

Rating 1770 advantagelongmiddlegame
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Puzzle 00zeF

Rating 1770 matemateIn2middlegame
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Puzzle 03EWF

Rating 1770 advantageendgamequietMove
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Puzzle 05uHR

Rating 1770 advantagelongmiddlegame
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Puzzle 06vu0

Rating 1770 advantagemiddlegameshort
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Puzzle 0Bmgf

Rating 1770 crushingkingsideAttacklong
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Puzzle 0DCvF

Rating 1770 advantageclearancelong
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Puzzle 0G9KF

Rating 1770 advancedPawncrushingenPassant
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Puzzle 0KGyx

Rating 1770 advantageexposedKingfork
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Puzzle 0KTwM

Rating 1770 crushingendgamemaster
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Puzzle 0OEkr

Rating 1770 crushingdeflectionendgame
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Puzzle 0PtAL

Rating 1770 crushingdefensiveMoveendgame
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Puzzle 0SAvG

Rating 1770 crushingmiddlegameshort
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Puzzle 0T0wy

Rating 1770 attackingF2F7crushingdeflection
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Puzzle 01kNt

Rating 1771 advancedPawncrushingendgame
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Puzzle 02SQK

Rating 1771 attractionkingsideAttacklong
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