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
foundation
Rating 1156
advantageattractiondeflection
foundation
Rating 1157
advancedPawnattractioncrushing
foundation
Rating 1160
attractioncrushingdeflection
foundation
Rating 1161
attractionendgamelong
foundation
Rating 1162
attractioncrushingdeflection
foundation
Rating 1163
attractionforklong
foundation
Rating 1165
attractioncrushingendgame
foundation
Rating 1166
attractionendgamemate
foundation
Rating 1167
advantageattractiondeflection
foundation
Rating 1167
advantageattractionendgame
foundation
Rating 1168
attractionendgamekingsideAttack
foundation
Rating 1169
attractioncrushingendgame
foundation
Rating 1169
attractionkingsideAttackmate
foundation
Rating 1170
attractionendgamemate
foundation
Rating 1170
advantageattractiondeflection
foundation
Rating 1171
attractioncrushingfork
foundation
Rating 1172
advantageattractionlong
foundation
Rating 1174
attractioncrushingendgame
foundation
Rating 1174
advantageattractiondeflection
foundation
Rating 1175
attractionmatemateIn2
foundation
Rating 1175
attractionendgamemaster
foundation
Rating 1177
attractioncrushingdeflection
foundation
Rating 1179
attractionendgamemate
foundation
Rating 1180
advantageattractiondeflection
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