1883 real-game puzzles in this collection
What is a exposed king?
An exposed king has lost its pawn shelter or stands in the open. The winning method brings fresh attackers with tempo until the defenses run out of pieces or squares.
How to spot it
Count pawn cover and defender proximity around the enemy king. Two open lines plus one extra attacker usually means a decisive attack is available.
What this set trains
These puzzles teach attack accounting — measuring king safety in attackers, defenders and open lines rather than intuition.
Foundation: 129Developing: 273Challenging: 394Advanced: 1087
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Rating 1687
crushingendgameexposedKing
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Rating 1689
crushingexposedKinglong
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Rating 1689
advantageexposedKingkingsideAttack
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Rating 1690
crushingdefensiveMoveendgame
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Rating 1690
advantageendgameexposedKing
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Rating 1690
crushingendgameexposedKing
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Rating 1691
advantagedefensiveMoveendgame
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Rating 1692
advantageexposedKingmiddlegame
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Rating 1694
crushingexposedKingfork
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Rating 1696
crushingendgameexposedKing
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Rating 1697
advancedPawncrushingendgame
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Rating 1697
crushingendgameexposedKing
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Rating 1700
crushingendgameexposedKing
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Rating 1702
advantageexposedKinglong
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Rating 1704
advantageexposedKingfork
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Rating 1705
crushingdefensiveMoveendgame
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Rating 1705
crushingdiscoveredAttackendgame
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Rating 1708
crushingdeflectionexposedKing
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Rating 1708
advantageattractionexposedKing
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Rating 1709
advantageexposedKingfork
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Rating 1711
crushingdiscoveredAttackexposedKing
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Rating 1713
crushingexposedKingfork
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Rating 1714
advancedPawncollinearMovedoubleCheck
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Rating 1717
crushingdeflectionendgame
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