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 5665–5688 of 9000 matching records

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Puzzle 0DNRO

Rating 1850 crushinglongmiddlegame
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Puzzle 0P6gi

Rating 1850 crushingdefensiveMovelong
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Puzzle 0ViOG

Rating 1850 crushingmiddlegameshort
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Puzzle 0VLsH

Rating 1850 crushingendgamepawnEndgame
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Puzzle 0VmuQ

Rating 1850 advantageendgamemaster
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Puzzle 0X73F

Rating 1850 advantageopeningshort
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Puzzle 00NEO

Rating 1851 matemateIn2middlegame
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Puzzle 080T4

Rating 1851 crushingmastermasterVsMaster
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Puzzle 09OWZ

Rating 1851 advantageintermezzomiddlegame
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Puzzle 0B67I

Rating 1851 crushingmastermiddlegame
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Puzzle 0IuiA

Rating 1851 crushingendgamepawnEndgame
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Puzzle 0LiCX

Rating 1851 attractioncrushingkingsideAttack
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Puzzle 0LZQq

Rating 1851 advantagedefensiveMoveendgame
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Puzzle 0NsGS

Rating 1851 bishopEndgamecrushingendgame
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Puzzle 0OTgm

Rating 1851 bishopEndgamecrushingendgame
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Puzzle 0R2IM

Rating 1851 crushingmiddlegamesacrifice
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Puzzle 0Shwm

Rating 1851 advantagemiddlegameshort
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Puzzle 0SKrd

Rating 1851 crushinglongmiddlegame
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Puzzle 0SL4I

Rating 1851 advantagemiddlegameshort
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