2532 real-game puzzles in this collection
What is a discovered attack?
A discovered attack happens when moving one piece unmasks an attack from another piece standing behind it. The moving piece is free to create a second threat, so the defender faces two problems from a single move.
How to spot it
Find your own batteries first: any pawn or piece standing on a line between your long-range piece and an enemy target can trigger a discovery. The stronger the moving piece’s own threat, the deadlier the combination.
What this set trains
These puzzles train double-threat thinking — evaluating what a move does and what it reveals at the same time.
Foundation: 576Developing: 614Challenging: 503Advanced: 839
foundation
Rating 1057
advantagediscoveredAttackdiscoveredCheck
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Rating 1057
advantagediscoveredAttackmiddlegame
foundation
Rating 1057
crushingdiscoveredAttackmiddlegame
foundation
Rating 1058
bishopEndgamecrushingdiscoveredAttack
foundation
Rating 1061
crushingdiscoveredAttackmiddlegame
foundation
Rating 1061
advantagediscoveredAttackdiscoveredCheck
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Rating 1061
crushingdiscoveredAttackdiscoveredCheck
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Rating 1062
crushingdiscoveredAttackendgame
foundation
Rating 1062
advantagediscoveredAttackendgame
foundation
Rating 1063
advantagedeflectiondiscoveredAttack
foundation
Rating 1063
advancedPawncrushingdiscoveredAttack
foundation
Rating 1063
crushingdiscoveredAttackopening
foundation
Rating 1063
advantagediscoveredAttackendgame
foundation
Rating 1064
crushingdiscoveredAttackendgame
foundation
Rating 1065
advantagediscoveredAttackdiscoveredCheck
foundation
Rating 1066
advantagediscoveredAttackkingsideAttack
foundation
Rating 1068
crushingdiscoveredAttackmiddlegame
foundation
Rating 1069
crushingdiscoveredAttackendgame
foundation
Rating 1069
advantagediscoveredAttackmiddlegame
foundation
Rating 1071
advantagediscoveredAttackendgame
foundation
Rating 1071
crushingdiscoveredAttackdiscoveredCheck
foundation
Rating 1071
advantagediscoveredAttackendgame
foundation
Rating 1072
advantagediscoveredAttackendgame
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Rating 1072
crushingdiscoveredAttackmiddlegame
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