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 193–216 of 9000 matching records

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Puzzle 0JQVe

Rating 1607 crushingendgameknightEndgame
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Puzzle 0KFRr

Rating 1607 attackingF2F7matemateIn1
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Puzzle 0KIm9

Rating 1607 advantagedefensiveMovelong
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Puzzle 0Kxop

Rating 1607 advantagedefensiveMovehangingPiece
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Puzzle 0M3rz

Rating 1607 advantagekingsideAttackmiddlegame
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Puzzle 0Oi9j

Rating 1607 advantagedeflectionendgame
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Puzzle 0OJux

Rating 1607 advantageforkmiddlegame
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Puzzle 0PDg0

Rating 1607 advancedPawncrushingendgame
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Puzzle 0SIK6

Rating 1607 advantageendgameshort
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Puzzle 0TlVz

Rating 1607 advantagelongmiddlegame
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Puzzle 0Uhrl

Rating 1607 crushinglongmiddlegame
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Puzzle 01pJ3

Rating 1608 crushingendgameknightEndgame
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Puzzle 02nKr

Rating 1608 advantagelongmiddlegame
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Puzzle 02qob

Rating 1608 crushingendgamequietMove
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Puzzle 02UDX

Rating 1608 crushingmiddlegamepin
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Puzzle 02xIH

Rating 1608 crushingdeflectionendgame
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Puzzle 065lJ

Rating 1608 crushingmiddlegameshort
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Puzzle 066rp

Rating 1608 crushingdefensiveMoveendgame
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Puzzle 09erV

Rating 1608 advancedPawnattackingF2F7crushing
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Puzzle 0A9EU

Rating 1608 crushingendgamequeenRookEndgame
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Puzzle 0CsAV

Rating 1608 crushingforkmiddlegame
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