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Printable Attraction Puzzles
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Printable worksheet
12 attraction puzzles, every difficulty, with answer key
Attraction sacrifices force an enemy piece — usually the king — onto a square where it becomes vulnerable to the follow-up: a fork, a discovered attack or a mating net.
Positions from the Lichess open puzzle database (CC0). The answer key prints on the last page.
Attraction — chess puzzle worksheet
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Answer key
- Puzzle 0hQeY: g8f8 → d8e8 → f8e8 → d1d8 (the first move is the opponent’s setup move)
- Puzzle 0H4l4: g8h8 → h1h7 → h8h7 → f7h5 (the first move is the opponent’s setup move)
- Puzzle 05hh9: a2a3 → b6d4 → e3d4 → b4c2 → e1e2 → c2d4 (the first move is the opponent’s setup move)
- Puzzle 0K5pu: c5e4 → c4e4 → e7e4 → f3g5 → h7h6 → g5e4 (the first move is the opponent’s setup move)
- Puzzle 0MjdR: g7c3 → h2h1 → g1h1 → b4h4 → h1g1 → h4h2 (the first move is the opponent’s setup move)
- Puzzle 0Iu4m: d1c1 → a5a2 → a1a2 → d5a5 (the first move is the opponent’s setup move)
- Puzzle 03j1D: a2a4 → e2f2 → g1f2 → d8d2 → c3d2 → g5d2 (the first move is the opponent’s setup move)
- Puzzle 0i35K: d7e5 → e4f6 → e7f6 → d3h7 → g8h7 → f3h5 (the first move is the opponent’s setup move)
- Puzzle 0UBXu: d7e6 → f7e7 → e6e7 → c3d5 → e7e6 → d5b6 (the first move is the opponent’s setup move)
- Puzzle 0lIdV: c4b4 → f3g4 → f8f7 → d7f7 → g8f7 → d1d7 (the first move is the opponent’s setup move)
- Puzzle 0JH8O: d2g5 → f5h3 → g2h3 → d6d7 → h3g2 → d7g4 (the first move is the opponent’s setup move)
- Puzzle 0ey8Y: c8d7 → c3c7 → d7e6 → a6c4 → e4d5 → c4d5 → e6d5 → a7b7 → d5e5 → a1e1 → e5f6 → g2g4 → g8e8 → c7e7 (the first move is the opponent’s setup move)
Source: Lichess open puzzle database · database.lichess.org · CC0