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 6217–6240 of 9000 matching records

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Puzzle 0OCTi

Rating 1878 advantagelongmiddlegame
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Puzzle 0OdCW

Rating 1878 advancedPawnmatemateIn2
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Puzzle 0RqbP

Rating 1878 advancedPawnendgameequality
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Puzzle 0TH3b

Rating 1878 crushingenPassantendgame
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Puzzle 0UQD4

Rating 1878 crushingmastermiddlegame
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Puzzle 0V1hz

Rating 1878 crushingdefensiveMoveendgame
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Puzzle 0VVde

Rating 1878 advantagekingsideAttackmiddlegame
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Puzzle 00Qm5

Rating 1879 crushinglongmiddlegame
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Puzzle 07NOU

Rating 1879 crushingendgameexposedKing
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Puzzle 08Nmp

Rating 1879 crushingmiddlegameshort
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Puzzle 09FCL

Rating 1879 crushingdeflectionkingsideAttack
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Puzzle 0BapO

Rating 1879 crushingendgamesacrifice
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Puzzle 0F0NJ

Rating 1879 attractioncrushingkingsideAttack
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Puzzle 0HRdJ

Rating 1879 crushingforkmiddlegame
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Puzzle 0LJNT

Rating 1879 crushingmiddlegameshort
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Puzzle 0NiEI

Rating 1879 advantagemiddlegamequietMove
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Puzzle 0Nwy0

Rating 1879 crushinglongmiddlegame
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Puzzle 0OD6e

Rating 1879 crushingdefensiveMoveendgame
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Puzzle 0PFng

Rating 1879 advantagedeflectionendgame
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Puzzle 0RWN7

Rating 1879 crushingforkmiddlegame
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Puzzle 0SXED

Rating 1879 advancedPawncrushingendgame
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Puzzle 0T9Pp

Rating 1879 advantageclearancediscoveredAttack
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