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 1393–1416 of 9000 matching records

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Puzzle 07I2e

Rating 1657 advantagehangingPiecemiddlegame
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Puzzle 07Y9e

Rating 1657 advancedPawnadvantagedefensiveMove
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Puzzle 090Hm

Rating 1657 advantageendgameshort
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Puzzle 0BrNK

Rating 1657 advantagemiddlegameshort
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Puzzle 0Fmi4

Rating 1657 crushinglongmiddlegame
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Puzzle 0H77I

Rating 1657 attractionendgamemate
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Puzzle 0Hzfu

Rating 1657 clearancecrushingendgame
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Puzzle 0IBNE

Rating 1657 capturingDefendercrushingendgame
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Puzzle 0JEg3

Rating 1657 crushinglongmiddlegame
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Puzzle 0JyGo

Rating 1657 attractionexposedKingkingsideAttack
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Puzzle 0Kdmt

Rating 1657 advantagemasteropening
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Puzzle 0L2jo

Rating 1657 crushingdiscoveredAttackmiddlegame
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Puzzle 0LP7t

Rating 1657 crushingendgamerookEndgame
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Puzzle 0PCG2

Rating 1657 crushingendgameintermezzo
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Puzzle 0Pwx6

Rating 1657 advancedPawnendgamemate
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Puzzle 0Q0Tj

Rating 1657 bishopEndgameendgamemate
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Puzzle 0Rdr1

Rating 1657 advantagemiddlegameshort
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Puzzle 0Sivi

Rating 1657 crushingendgamepawnEndgame
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Puzzle 0T3Kz

Rating 1657 advantageopeningshort
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Puzzle 01aBw

Rating 1658 matemateIn2middlegame
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Puzzle 04Izo

Rating 1658 crushingmiddlegameshort
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Puzzle 04z2u

Rating 1658 advancedPawnadvantagekingsideAttack
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