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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attractionlongmate
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advantageattractionfork
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Rating 1656
attractioncrushingkingsideAttack
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Rating 1657
advantageattractionendgame
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attractionendgamemate
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Rating 1657
attractionexposedKingkingsideAttack
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Rating 1658
attractionendgamemaster
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Rating 1659
attractioncrushingendgame
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Rating 1659
attractioncrushingendgame
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Rating 1659
attractioncrushingfork
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Rating 1660
attractioncrushingfork
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Rating 1661
attractionendgamemate
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Rating 1661
arabianMateattractionexposedKing
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Rating 1662
attractioncrushinglong
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Rating 1663
attractionlongmate
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Rating 1663
advantageattractionmiddlegame
challenging
Rating 1664
attractionendgamemate
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Rating 1664
attractionendgamelong
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Rating 1664
attractioncrushingendgame
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Rating 1665
attractioncrushingendgame
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Rating 1665
anastasiaMateattractionkingsideAttack
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Rating 1665
advantageattractionfork
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Rating 1666
attractionendgamemate
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Rating 1666
advantageattractionfork
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