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 1804
advantageattractiondiscoveredAttack
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Rating 1804
attractioncrushingfork
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Rating 1805
advantageattractionkingsideAttack
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Rating 1805
attractioncrushingintermezzo
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Rating 1805
advantageattractionexposedKing
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Rating 1806
attractionmatemateIn2
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Rating 1808
attractioncrushingdiscoveredAttack
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Rating 1809
advantageattractionkingsideAttack
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Rating 1810
attractionequalitymiddlegame
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Rating 1813
advantageattractionendgame
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Rating 1814
attractioncrushingendgame
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Rating 1815
advantageattractionmiddlegame
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Rating 1815
attractiondeflectionendgame
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Rating 1815
attractioncrushingendgame
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Rating 1816
attractioncrushingfork
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Rating 1817
attractioncrushingendgame
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Rating 1818
attractioncrushinglong
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Rating 1818
advantageattractionendgame
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Rating 1819
attractionendgamemaster
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Rating 1820
attractionendgamemaster
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Rating 1820
advantageattractiondiscoveredAttack
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Rating 1822
advantageattractionendgame
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Rating 1822
attractionkingsideAttackmate
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Rating 1823
attractioncrushingdiscoveredCheck
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