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 1849–1872 of 9000 matching records

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Puzzle 0D62O

Rating 1676 crushinghangingPiecelong
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Puzzle 0F32P

Rating 1676 crushingdiscoveredAttackmiddlegame
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Puzzle 0FE26

Rating 1676 crushingdiscoveredAttackmiddlegame
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Puzzle 0L1PU

Rating 1676 crushingdefensiveMovemiddlegame
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Puzzle 0Ntk8

Rating 1676 crushingkingsideAttackopening
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Puzzle 0PITB

Rating 1676 crushingmiddlegameshort
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Puzzle 0PtiO

Rating 1676 advantageendgameshort
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Puzzle 0QpJn

Rating 1676 crushingmiddlegamequietMove
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Puzzle 0RU0I

Rating 1676 crushingmiddlegameshort
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Puzzle 0TqfF

Rating 1676 crushingforkmiddlegame
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Puzzle 0TtN7

Rating 1676 advantageendgameshort
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Puzzle 0UgHj

Rating 1676 advancedPawncrushingendgame
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Puzzle 0UGTC

Rating 1676 crushingdefensiveMovelong
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Puzzle 01acW

Rating 1677 collinearMovecrushingendgame
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Puzzle 02RwK

Rating 1677 advancedPawncrushingdefensiveMove
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Puzzle 048Ua

Rating 1677 advantagedeflectionfork
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Puzzle 04o7x

Rating 1677 advantagemiddlegameshort
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Puzzle 06w9j

Rating 1677 kingsideAttackmatemateIn1
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Puzzle 071o5

Rating 1677 advantagemiddlegameshort
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Puzzle 09J8i

Rating 1677 backRankMateclearancelong
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