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 5449–5472 of 9000 matching records

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Puzzle 0UdA1

Rating 1839 crushingendgameinterference
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Puzzle 0VA1s

Rating 1839 matemateIn2middlegame
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Puzzle 0VxPs

Rating 1839 advantagemiddlegameshort
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Puzzle 0WTrC

Rating 1839 advancedPawncrushingendgame
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Puzzle 025ip

Rating 1840 advancedPawnadvantageendgame
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Puzzle 045fP

Rating 1840 advantageclearancelong
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Puzzle 04BvX

Rating 1840 attractioncrushingendgame
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Puzzle 04imJ

Rating 1840 advantagelongmiddlegame
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Puzzle 08Spb

Rating 1840 advancedPawnadvantageendgame
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Puzzle 0BwAt

Rating 1840 crushingdeflectionendgame
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Puzzle 0Dj8e

Rating 1840 advantageclearancemaster
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Puzzle 0EAGg

Rating 1840 advantagemastermiddlegame
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Puzzle 0FvMl

Rating 1840 deflectiondiscoveredCheckdoubleCheck
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Puzzle 0GQ2F

Rating 1840 crushingdiscoveredAttackkingsideAttack
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Puzzle 0GRtV

Rating 1840 crushingendgamerookEndgame
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Puzzle 0IDaG

Rating 1840 advantageopeningshort
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Puzzle 0Kq9V

Rating 1840 endgamemastermasterVsMaster
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Puzzle 0MLpv

Rating 1840 epauletteMatematemateIn4
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Puzzle 0NAlB

Rating 1840 crushingmiddlegameshort
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Puzzle 0OcM8

Rating 1840 advantagelongmiddlegame
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Puzzle 0Qp3v

Rating 1840 crushingdiscoveredAttacklong
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