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 1883
attractioncrushingmaster
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Rating 1883
attractioncapturingDefendercrushing
challenging
Rating 1885
advantageattractionkingsideAttack
challenging
Rating 1887
advantageattractionendgame
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Rating 1888
attractioncrushingexposedKing
challenging
Rating 1889
advantageattractionfork
challenging
Rating 1890
attractioncrushingdeflection
challenging
Rating 1890
attractionequalitykingsideAttack
challenging
Rating 1891
attractionmatemateIn2
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Rating 1892
attractioncrushingendgame
challenging
Rating 1897
attractionmatemateIn5
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Rating 1901
attractioncrushingendgame
challenging
Rating 1902
advantageattractionkingsideAttack
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Rating 1903
attractionendgamelong
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Rating 1904
advantageattractionclearance
challenging
Rating 1905
advantageattractiondiscoveredAttack
challenging
Rating 1908
advancedPawnattractioncrushing
challenging
Rating 1909
advantageattractionendgame
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Rating 1909
attractioncrushingendgame
challenging
Rating 1910
advantageattractionendgame
challenging
Rating 1910
advantageattractionfork
challenging
Rating 1911
attractionlongmate
challenging
Rating 1912
attractioncrushingdeflection
challenging
Rating 1913
attractioncrushingfork
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