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 1617
advantageattractiondeflection
challenging
Rating 1618
attractionlongmate
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Rating 1618
advantageattractiondiscoveredAttack
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Rating 1618
attractionlongmate
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Rating 1618
advancedPawnattractioncrushing
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Rating 1618
attractioncrushingdeflection
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Rating 1619
attractioncrushinglong
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Rating 1619
advantageattractioncapturingDefender
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Rating 1623
advantageattractionlong
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Rating 1623
advantageattractionendgame
challenging
Rating 1624
attractioncrushingfork
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Rating 1624
attractionkingsideAttacklong
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Rating 1626
advantageattractionmiddlegame
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Rating 1626
advantageattractionendgame
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Rating 1628
attractioncrushingdeflection
challenging
Rating 1628
advantageattractionexposedKing
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Rating 1629
advantageattractionlong
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Rating 1629
advantageattractionendgame
challenging
Rating 1631
attractionendgamelong
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Rating 1631
attractioncrushingendgame
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Rating 1632
advantageattractionfork
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Rating 1633
advantageattractionkingsideAttack
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Rating 1634
attractioncrushingendgame
challenging
Rating 1635
advantageattractiondeflection
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