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Printable Sacrifice Puzzles
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Printable worksheet
12 sacrifice puzzles, every difficulty, with answer key
A sacrifice gives up material for a concrete return: mate, decisive material regain or an unstoppable attack. In puzzle form the compensation is always forced and verifiable.
Positions from the Lichess open puzzle database (CC0). The answer key prints on the last page.
Sacrifice — chess puzzle worksheet
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Answer key
- Puzzle 0AzjW: b3b4 → e7e1 → d1e1 → e8e1 (the first move is the opponent’s setup move)
- Puzzle 01f0q: a8d8 → e4f6 → g7f6 → d3h7 (the first move is the opponent’s setup move)
- Puzzle 08QHv: f1h1 → h6h2 → h1h2 → h8h2 → g2h2 → g5f3 → h2g2 → f3d2 (the first move is the opponent’s setup move)
- Puzzle 0KPDj: e2c1 → c8c1 → b1c1 → d2d1 (the first move is the opponent’s setup move)
- Puzzle 0HhE2: f6e4 → g3g7 → f7g7 → d2d5 → g7f7 → d5a8 (the first move is the opponent’s setup move)
- Puzzle 0WQR3: c8d7 → d1d7 → e8d7 → h1d1 (the first move is the opponent’s setup move)
- Puzzle 0aclc: d8a5 → b2b4 → a5b5 → d5c7 → e8e7 → c7b5 (the first move is the opponent’s setup move)
- Puzzle 07Dpg: c3b2 → b3f7 → e8f7 → f3g5 → f7g8 → f6f7 → g8g7 → g5e6 → g7f6 → e6d8 (the first move is the opponent’s setup move)
- Puzzle 07FUV: b7d5 → c4d5 → f2f4 → e2a6 → c8d8 → d6c7 (the first move is the opponent’s setup move)
- Puzzle 19CL4: c5a6 → b8b7 → b4b3 → e3c4 → e1e8 → c4d2 → b1a2 → d2b3 (the first move is the opponent’s setup move)
- Puzzle 0Xr5f: e8g6 → f4f3 → g2f3 → e4e3 → e2f1 → d4c3 → f3f4 → g3g2 → f1g2 → e3e2 (the first move is the opponent’s setup move)
- Puzzle 1GqkO: e3f4 → e5f4 → g3f4 → e4e3 → c4b5 → c6d7 → f2e3 → g5g4 → f4f5 → g4g3 → b5b6 → g3g2 (the first move is the opponent’s setup move)
Source: Lichess open puzzle database · database.lichess.org · CC0