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 721–744 of 9000 matching records

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Puzzle 0M30W

Rating 1628 matemateIn1middlegame
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Puzzle 0MJ88

Rating 1628 advantagedeflectionendgame
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Puzzle 0MuE3

Rating 1628 crushingmiddlegamepin
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Puzzle 0Obnc

Rating 1628 advantageendgameexposedKing
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Puzzle 0PfDk

Rating 1628 advantageintermezzomaster
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Puzzle 0Pfih

Rating 1628 advantagelongmiddlegame
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Puzzle 0Q9Jf

Rating 1628 collinearMovecrushingendgame
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Puzzle 0S5lS

Rating 1628 advantagemiddlegameshort
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Puzzle 0TcIG

Rating 1628 crushinglongmiddlegame
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Puzzle 00LNH

Rating 1629 advantagemiddlegamepin
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Puzzle 02b1e

Rating 1629 advantagemiddlegameshort
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Puzzle 03w1K

Rating 1629 advantagedefensiveMoveendgame
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Puzzle 05n4L

Rating 1629 crushingdefensiveMoveendgame
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Puzzle 0Fdzi

Rating 1629 advantageattractionlong
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