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 1844
advantageattractionkingsideAttack
challenging
Rating 1844
advantageattractiondiscoveredAttack
challenging
Rating 1844
advantageattractionfork
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Rating 1845
advantageattractionendgame
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Rating 1846
attractionmatemateIn4
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Rating 1847
attractioncrushingdiscoveredAttack
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Rating 1849
attractioncrushingmiddlegame
challenging
Rating 1851
attractioncrushingkingsideAttack
challenging
Rating 1852
attractioncapturingDefendercrushing
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Rating 1852
attractioncrushingkingsideAttack
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Rating 1854
advancedPawnattractioncrushing
challenging
Rating 1854
advantageattractionkingsideAttack
challenging
Rating 1855
advantageattractionfork
challenging
Rating 1855
advancedPawnattractionlong
challenging
Rating 1856
attractioncrushingdeflection
challenging
Rating 1856
attractioncrushingexposedKing
challenging
Rating 1858
advantageattractionopening
challenging
Rating 1860
advantageattractionlong
challenging
Rating 1860
attractionlongmate
challenging
Rating 1861
attractioncrushingendgame
challenging
Rating 1861
advantageattractionkingsideAttack
challenging
Rating 1862
attractionkingsideAttackmate
challenging
Rating 1862
attractionclearancecrushing
challenging
Rating 1863
advancedPawnattractioncrushing
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