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 1537–1560 of 9000 matching records

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Puzzle 0PpT8

Rating 1662 attractioncrushinglong
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Puzzle 0QjJz

Rating 1662 crushingdeflectionlong
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Puzzle 0UlsI

Rating 1662 crushingendgameexposedKing
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Puzzle 007ku

Rating 1663 matemateIn2middlegame
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Puzzle 00Lt1

Rating 1663 advantagediscoveredAttackendgame
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Puzzle 02pdf

Rating 1663 kingsideAttackmatemateIn2
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Puzzle 03KZS

Rating 1663 crushingendgamepawnEndgame
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Puzzle 05jP1

Rating 1663 crushingendgamehangingPiece
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Puzzle 06b0B

Rating 1663 advantagedefensiveMoveendgame
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Puzzle 079Vc

Rating 1663 crushingdiscoveredAttackkingsideAttack
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Puzzle 0Bw2m

Rating 1663 advantagedefensiveMovemiddlegame
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Puzzle 0CVwF

Rating 1663 matemateIn1middlegame
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Puzzle 0D7H3

Rating 1663 crushingkingsideAttacklong
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Puzzle 0Da9R

Rating 1663 crushingendgamequietMove
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Puzzle 0DvMD

Rating 1663 crushingmiddlegameshort
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Puzzle 0Exvp

Rating 1663 crushingendgamerookEndgame
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Puzzle 0F1e0

Rating 1663 crushinglongmiddlegame
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Puzzle 0Glte

Rating 1663 capturingDefendercrushinglong
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Puzzle 0IVFa

Rating 1663 advantagedefensiveMovehangingPiece
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Puzzle 0MZWk

Rating 1663 crushingmiddlegameshort
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