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 1689
attractioncrushingfork
challenging
Rating 1690
attractioncrushingendgame
challenging
Rating 1690
attractionkingsideAttacklong
challenging
Rating 1691
anastasiaMateattractionkingsideAttack
challenging
Rating 1692
advancedPawnattractioncrushing
challenging
Rating 1697
attractionlongmaster
challenging
Rating 1697
advancedPawnattractionkingsideAttack
challenging
Rating 1697
anastasiaMateattractiondiscoveredAttack
challenging
Rating 1698
attractioncrushingfork
challenging
Rating 1698
attractionkingsideAttackmate
challenging
Rating 1699
attractioncrushingendgame
challenging
Rating 1700
advantageattractionfork
challenging
Rating 1700
attractioncrushinglong
challenging
Rating 1700
advantageattractionkingsideAttack
challenging
Rating 1701
attractioncrushingendgame
challenging
Rating 1702
attractionkingsideAttackmate
challenging
Rating 1703
advantageattractionfork
challenging
Rating 1705
advancedPawnadvantageattraction
challenging
Rating 1706
attractioncrushingkingsideAttack
challenging
Rating 1706
attractionendgameepauletteMate
challenging
Rating 1706
attractionkingsideAttackmate
challenging
Rating 1707
attractionkingsideAttacklong
challenging
Rating 1708
attractionforklong
challenging
Rating 1708
attractionendgamemate
No local records match those filters.