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.

Browse the local collection

24 shown from 49500 locally materialized records.

Showing 745–768 of 9000 matching records

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Puzzle 0HYc8

Rating 1629 kingsideAttacklongmate
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Puzzle 0I4Ga

Rating 1629 advantagemiddlegameshort
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Puzzle 0Lrhh

Rating 1629 advantagemiddlegameshort
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Puzzle 0MDSK

Rating 1629 advancedPawnbishopEndgamecrushing
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Puzzle 0MX7U

Rating 1629 crushingmiddlegameshort
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Puzzle 0NdCE

Rating 1629 crushingdeflectionendgame
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Puzzle 0Q3gl

Rating 1629 advantageattractionendgame
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Puzzle 0U4Gx

Rating 1629 advantagedefensiveMoveendgame
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Puzzle 0Ulbr

Rating 1629 advantagemiddlegameshort
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Puzzle 0UsLA

Rating 1629 advantageopeningshort
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Puzzle 03tiQ

Rating 1630 advantagekingsideAttackmiddlegame
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Puzzle 04779

Rating 1630 advantageopeningshort
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Puzzle 06l5X

Rating 1630 advantagedefensiveMoveendgame
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Puzzle 08mKy

Rating 1630 defensiveMoveendgamelong
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Puzzle 09c5V

Rating 1630 advancedPawnadvantageendgame
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Puzzle 0B3YP

Rating 1630 advancedPawncrushingendgame
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Puzzle 0CGq4

Rating 1630 crushingmiddlegamepin
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Puzzle 0Fhqu

Rating 1630 advantagemiddlegameshort
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Puzzle 0Hgmt

Rating 1630 matemateIn2middlegame
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