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
challenging
Rating 1820
crushingendgameexposedKing
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Rating 1821
crushingexposedKinglong
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Rating 1821
advantageendgameexposedKing
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Rating 1822
advantageendgameexposedKing
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Rating 1822
advantageattractionendgame
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Rating 1823
attackingF2F7attractioncrushing
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Rating 1823
advantageendgameexposedKing
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Rating 1824
advantagediscoveredAttackdiscoveredCheck
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Rating 1825
crushingendgameexposedKing
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Rating 1826
crushingexposedKingmiddlegame
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Rating 1826
endgameexposedKinglong
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Rating 1827
advancedPawncrushingdeflection
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Rating 1828
exposedKingforklong
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Rating 1828
crushingexposedKinglong
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Rating 1828
advantageendgameexposedKing
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Rating 1829
exposedKinglongmate
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Rating 1829
advancedPawncrushingendgame
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Rating 1830
advantagedefensiveMoveendgame
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Rating 1830
crushingexposedKinglong
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Rating 1832
advantageendgameexposedKing
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Rating 1832
crushingexposedKingmiddlegame
challenging
Rating 1835
crushingexposedKinglong
challenging
Rating 1835
advancedPawncrushingdefensiveMove
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Rating 1837
attractionexposedKingfork
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