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 1081–1104 of 9000 matching records

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Puzzle 0KODg

Rating 1644 matemateIn2middlegame
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Puzzle 0Lc8R

Rating 1644 crushingendgameintermezzo
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Puzzle 0MqpH

Rating 1644 advantagediscoveredAttackfork
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Puzzle 0PYZw

Rating 1644 advancedPawncrushinglong
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Puzzle 0SahI

Rating 1644 advantagemiddlegamequeensideAttack
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Puzzle 0TBlA

Rating 1644 kingsideAttackmatemateIn2
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Puzzle 00ueI

Rating 1645 advancedPawnadvantageendgame
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Puzzle 00ZsF

Rating 1645 advantagedefensiveMovemiddlegame
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Puzzle 01x76

Rating 1645 advantagediscoveredAttackendgame
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Puzzle 01YQ2

Rating 1645 advantagemiddlegameshort
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Puzzle 04HSi

Rating 1645 advantagemiddlegameshort
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Puzzle 05esZ

Rating 1645 advantageattractionendgame
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Puzzle 05MXW

Rating 1645 crushingmiddlegameshort
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Puzzle 07p04

Rating 1645 advancedPawnadvantagebishopEndgame
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Puzzle 09END

Rating 1645 crushingendgamemaster
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Puzzle 09MJH

Rating 1645 matemateIn2middlegame
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Puzzle 0AVRV

Rating 1645 attractionendgamemate
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Puzzle 0DqHy

Rating 1645 crushingmiddlegameshort
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