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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Showing 145–168 of 9000 matching records

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Puzzle 04E4E

Rating 1606 advantagehangingPiecelong
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Puzzle 05xMB

Rating 1606 endgamemastermasterVsMaster
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Puzzle 06VOw

Rating 1606 attackingF2F7longmate
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Puzzle 0BAjU

Rating 1606 crushingmiddlegameshort
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Puzzle 0CCI0

Rating 1606 advantagemiddlegameshort
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Puzzle 0CG8J

Rating 1606 attractionmatemateIn4
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Puzzle 0CjxB

Rating 1606 matemateIn1middlegame
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Puzzle 0EFjb

Rating 1606 advantagedefensiveMovehangingPiece
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Puzzle 0EmrY

Rating 1606 crushingdeflectiondiscoveredAttack
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Puzzle 0FQiq

Rating 1606 crushinglongmiddlegame
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Puzzle 0K1C7

Rating 1606 advancedPawncrushingendgame
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Puzzle 0NG5N

Rating 1606 matemateIn1middlegame
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Puzzle 0NIsX

Rating 1606 advantageintermezzomiddlegame
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Puzzle 0Nm9S

Rating 1606 attractiondiscoveredCheckdoubleCheck
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Puzzle 0NSFG

Rating 1606 advancedPawncrushingendgame
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Puzzle 0OqOY

Rating 1606 crushingendgamepawnEndgame
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Puzzle 0PIQ2

Rating 1606 advantagecapturingDefendermiddlegame
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Puzzle 0QByz

Rating 1606 clearancecrushinglong
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Puzzle 0QO7L

Rating 1606 advancedPawnadvantageendgame
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Puzzle 0SXP1

Rating 1606 advantageendgamemaster
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Puzzle 0V0m1

Rating 1606 advancedPawnadvantageendgame
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Puzzle 006E1

Rating 1607 crushingdeflectionendgame
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