4276 real-game puzzles in this collection
What is a sacrifice?
A sacrifice gives up material for a concrete return: mate, decisive material regain or an unstoppable attack. In puzzle form the compensation is always forced and verifiable.
How to spot it
Sacrifices work where the enemy king is exposed, defenders are overloaded or your pieces dominate the key lines. Count the attackers versus defenders around the target before committing.
What this set trains
These puzzles calibrate your material judgment — learning when a rook is worth less than an open file to the king.
Foundation: 550Developing: 724Challenging: 935Advanced: 2067
foundation
Rating 948
backRankMateendgamelong
foundation
Rating 949
longmatemateIn3
foundation
Rating 950
doubleBishopMatekingsideAttackmate
foundation
Rating 950
backRankMatematemateIn2
foundation
Rating 951
endgamematemateIn2
foundation
Rating 952
endgamelongmate
foundation
Rating 953
endgamemastermasterVsMaster
foundation
Rating 955
attractionendgamekingsideAttack
foundation
Rating 956
kingsideAttackmatemateIn2
foundation
Rating 959
endgamelongmate
foundation
Rating 959
backRankMateforklong
foundation
Rating 960
backRankMateendgamemate
foundation
Rating 961
discoveredAttackdiscoveredCheckkingsideAttack
foundation
Rating 964
endgamemastermasterVsMaster
foundation
Rating 964
endgamematemateIn2
foundation
Rating 965
attractionmatemateIn2
foundation
Rating 966
clearancekingsideAttackmate
foundation
Rating 968
advancedPawnadvantageendgame
foundation
Rating 968
backRankMatematemateIn2
foundation
Rating 968
backRankMateendgamelong
foundation
Rating 970
matemateIn2middlegame
foundation
Rating 970
crushingexposedKingfork
foundation
Rating 970
kingsideAttackmatemateIn2
foundation
Rating 973
advancedPawnbishopEndgamecrushing
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