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
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Rating 2790
capturingDefendercrushingfork
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Rating 2790
advantagediscoveredAttackkingsideAttack
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Rating 2790
advancedPawnclearancecrushing
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Rating 2791
attractioncrushingfork
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Rating 2791
advantageexposedKingfork
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Rating 2791
advantageclearanceintermezzo
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Rating 2792
crushingendgamequietMove
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Rating 2792
crushingforkmiddlegame
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Rating 2792
advantageclearancemiddlegame
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Rating 2792
crushinglongmiddlegame
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Rating 2792
crushingendgameexposedKing
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Rating 2793
advantagediscoveredAttackdiscoveredCheck
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Rating 2793
advancedPawnadvantagekingsideAttack
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Rating 2793
castlingcrushingdiscoveredAttack
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Rating 2794
advantageattractionfork
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Rating 2795
crushingendgamefork
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Rating 2795
crushingdefensiveMovemiddlegame
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Rating 2796
crushingdefensiveMovemiddlegame
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Rating 2796
advantagemiddlegamesacrifice
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Rating 2796
crushingmiddlegamesacrifice
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Rating 2796
advantageclearanceexposedKing
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Rating 2796
attractioncrushingexposedKing
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Rating 2797
advantageattractiondiscoveredAttack
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Rating 2797
advantageclearancelong
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