Real positions. Quiet practice.
Printable Quiet move 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.
Printable worksheet
12 quiet move puzzles, every difficulty, with answer key
A quiet move wins without check or capture — it simply creates an unstoppable threat. These are the hardest tactics to find because they hide among forcing candidates.
Positions from the Lichess open puzzle database (CC0). The answer key prints on the last page.
Quiet move — chess puzzle worksheet
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Answer key
- Puzzle 0xVZ4: e4e5 → b3b4 → e5d4 → b4b5 (the first move is the opponent’s setup move)
- Puzzle 00IbM: e2a6 → c3e1 → g1h2 → f7f1 → a6f1 → e1f1 (the first move is the opponent’s setup move)
- Puzzle 02Mow: c8h3 → g2h3 → e4g6 → d1g4 → c5d4 → c3d4 (the first move is the opponent’s setup move)
- Puzzle 0Smlf: b4c4 → a2b2 → c4a4 → a3a2 → c5c6 → b2b1 (the first move is the opponent’s setup move)
- Puzzle 087Pe: d4d3 → a8a5 → d7g7 → g4g5 → h6h5 → g8g7 (the first move is the opponent’s setup move)
- Puzzle 0JmZS: e3f4 → b5b6 → f4g3 → e5g4 → g3g4 → b6b7 → e4e3 → b7b8q (the first move is the opponent’s setup move)
- Puzzle 0oX1C: b3d5 → g8d8 → d2f1 → d6g3 → d5d8 → h8d8 (the first move is the opponent’s setup move)
- Puzzle 1H6M0: e8e7 → c7e7 → f8e7 → g5g6 → e7f8 → f3f4 → f8g8 → f4f5 → e6f5 → d4d5 → g8f8 → d5c6 (the first move is the opponent’s setup move)
- Puzzle 2F9o0: h1g1 → g3h4 → c1f4 → h6h5 → f4h4 → c2c1q (the first move is the opponent’s setup move)
- Puzzle 0nOQ6: g4e3 → e1e2 → c3d2 → b1g1 → f8f7 → h1h8 (the first move is the opponent’s setup move)
- Puzzle 043nO: g8g7 → f1h1 → d2f2 → g2f2 → a5d2 → f2g3 → g7f8 → a3f3 (the first move is the opponent’s setup move)
- Puzzle 1RLDV: a8c8 → c1c8 → d8c8 → d4c3 → b5c4 → d5c4 (the first move is the opponent’s setup move)
Source: Lichess open puzzle database · database.lichess.org · CC0