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 1635
attractioncrushingendgame
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Rating 1636
attractiondiscoveredCheckdoubleCheck
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Rating 1639
advantageattractionfork
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Rating 1639
advancedPawnattractioncrushing
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Rating 1640
advantageattractionexposedKing
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Rating 1641
attractioncrushingkingsideAttack
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Rating 1641
advantageattractionexposedKing
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Rating 1643
advantageattractionendgame
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Rating 1643
attractionkingsideAttackmate
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Rating 1644
attractionendgamemaster
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Rating 1645
advantageattractionendgame
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Rating 1645
attractionendgamemate
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Rating 1645
attractionkingsideAttackmate
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Rating 1646
attractioncrushingendgame
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Rating 1646
attractionkingsideAttackmate
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Rating 1647
advantageattractionlong
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Rating 1647
attractionendgamefork
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Rating 1647
attractionlongmate
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Rating 1647
attractionkingsideAttacklong
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Rating 1647
attractioncrushingfork
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Rating 1647
attractioncrushingmaster
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Rating 1650
attractionmatemateIn4
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Rating 1650
attractioncrushingfork
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Rating 1651
attractioncrushingdeflection
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