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 5113–5136 of 9000 matching records

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Puzzle 04DPw

Rating 1825 advantagelongmiddlegame
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Puzzle 05Tl1

Rating 1825 advantagelongmiddlegame
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Puzzle 06DfC

Rating 1825 advantagelongmiddlegame
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Puzzle 07uFw

Rating 1825 discoveredCheckdoubleCheckkingsideAttack
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Puzzle 08aqt

Rating 1825 advancedPawncrushingendgame
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Puzzle 0CIIu

Rating 1825 crushingdeflectionendgame
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Puzzle 0Deg3

Rating 1825 crushingendgamepawnEndgame
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Puzzle 0EKY7

Rating 1825 collinearMovediscoveredAttackdiscoveredCheck
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Puzzle 0H7hG

Rating 1825 crushingmiddlegameshort
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Puzzle 0JeZB

Rating 1825 crushingendgamequietMove
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Puzzle 0KXS6

Rating 1825 advantageendgamemaster
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Puzzle 0M0kn

Rating 1825 crushingdiscoveredAttackmiddlegame
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Puzzle 0NJmz

Rating 1825 crushingendgameintermezzo
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Puzzle 0RHcY

Rating 1825 advantagemastermiddlegame
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Puzzle 0TCVX

Rating 1825 crushingdefensiveMovemiddlegame
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Puzzle 0UO8Y

Rating 1825 crushingdefensiveMoveendgame
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Puzzle 0ZOg3

Rating 1825 crushingendgamesacrifice
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Puzzle 00dRh

Rating 1826 crushingmiddlegameshort
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Puzzle 00qb9

Rating 1826 crushingendgamepawnEndgame
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