1890 real-game puzzles in this collection
What is a attraction?
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.
How to spot it
Count the tactical blows that would work if the enemy king or queen stood one square closer. If a check or capture can drag it there, the sacrifice usually pays for itself immediately.
What this set trains
These puzzles develop the courage and calculation to give up material for one forced, concrete payoff — the heart of combinational play.
Foundation: 114Developing: 483Challenging: 481Advanced: 812
foundation
Rating 673
attractionmatemateIn2
foundation
Rating 772
attractionkingsideAttackmate
foundation
Rating 854
attractionendgamemate
foundation
Rating 903
advancedPawnattractionkingsideAttack
foundation
Rating 915
attractioncrushingendgame
foundation
Rating 918
attractionmatemateIn2
foundation
Rating 918
advantageattractionendgame
foundation
Rating 918
advantageattractionfork
foundation
Rating 923
advantageattractionexposedKing
foundation
Rating 923
attractioncrushingendgame
foundation
Rating 924
attractioncrushingendgame
foundation
Rating 955
attractionendgamekingsideAttack
foundation
Rating 965
attractionmatemateIn2
foundation
Rating 981
advantageattractionlong
foundation
Rating 986
advantageattractionendgame
foundation
Rating 989
attractioncrushingendgame
foundation
Rating 995
attractioncrushingendgame
foundation
Rating 1009
attractionkingsideAttacklong
foundation
Rating 1010
attractioncrushingendgame
foundation
Rating 1010
advancedPawnattractioncrushing
foundation
Rating 1012
advantageattractionendgame
foundation
Rating 1016
attractionendgamemate
foundation
Rating 1016
attractionendgamelong
foundation
Rating 1034
advancedPawnattractionmate
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