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
challenging
Rating 1601
attractioncrushingfork
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Rating 1603
attractionlongmate
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Rating 1603
attractioncrushingexposedKing
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Rating 1603
attractioncrushingendgame
challenging
Rating 1605
advantageattractiondeflection
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Rating 1606
advantageattractionclearance
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Rating 1606
attractionmatemateIn4
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Rating 1606
attractiondiscoveredCheckdoubleCheck
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Rating 1607
attractionendgamemate
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Rating 1607
attractioncrushingdeflection
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Rating 1608
attractionkingsideAttackmate
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Rating 1608
attractionendgamekingsideAttack
challenging
Rating 1610
advantageattractionendgame
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Rating 1611
attractioncrushingmiddlegame
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Rating 1612
advantageattractionendgame
challenging
Rating 1612
attractioncrushingdeflection
challenging
Rating 1613
attractioncrushingendgame
challenging
Rating 1613
attractionlongmate
challenging
Rating 1613
attractioncrushingendgame
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Rating 1614
advantageattractionendgame
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Rating 1614
attractionkingsideAttackmate
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Rating 1616
attractionendgamemate
challenging
Rating 1616
advantageattractionfork
challenging
Rating 1617
advantageattractiondiscoveredAttack
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