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
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Rating 1527
attractionmatemateIn2
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advantageattractionfork
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Rating 1529
advantageattractionendgame
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Rating 1530
attractionclearancecrushing
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attractionkingsideAttacklong
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Rating 1531
attractionkingsideAttacklong
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Rating 1533
attractioncrushingendgame
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Rating 1534
advantageattractiondeflection
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Rating 1534
attractionclearancecrushing
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Rating 1536
advantageattractionendgame
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Rating 1539
advantageattractionopening
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Rating 1539
advantageattractionendgame
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Rating 1541
attractioncrushingendgame
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Rating 1542
advantageattractionendgame
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Rating 1542
attractionlongmate
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Rating 1542
attractioncrushingexposedKing
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Rating 1543
attractioncrushingexposedKing
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Rating 1544
attractionmatemateIn2
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Rating 1544
advancedPawnattractioncrushing
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Rating 1544
advantageattractionexposedKing
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Rating 1545
attractioncrushingendgame
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Rating 1546
attractionmatemateIn2
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Rating 1546
attractionkingsideAttacklong
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Rating 1546
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