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
foundation
Rating 1149
exposedKingkillBoxMatelong
foundation
Rating 1153
crushingexposedKingkingsideAttack
foundation
Rating 1154
crushingdeflectionendgame
foundation
Rating 1156
crushingexposedKinglong
foundation
Rating 1157
crushingendgameexposedKing
foundation
Rating 1159
crushingdeflectionendgame
foundation
Rating 1163
advancedPawnendgameexposedKing
foundation
Rating 1164
crushingendgameexposedKing
foundation
Rating 1166
discoveredAttackdiscoveredCheckendgame
foundation
Rating 1167
clearancecrushingendgame
foundation
Rating 1168
crushingendgameexposedKing
foundation
Rating 1169
exposedKingkingsideAttacklong
foundation
Rating 1169
crushingexposedKingfork
foundation
Rating 1174
attractioncrushingendgame
foundation
Rating 1175
crushingendgameexposedKing
foundation
Rating 1175
advantagedeflectionendgame
foundation
Rating 1178
advantageendgameexposedKing
foundation
Rating 1178
crushingendgameexposedKing
foundation
Rating 1181
crushingendgameexposedKing
foundation
Rating 1185
crushingexposedKinglong
foundation
Rating 1186
attractioncrushingendgame
foundation
Rating 1188
endgameexposedKinglong
foundation
Rating 1189
advantageexposedKingfork
foundation
Rating 1189
advancedPawncrushingendgame
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