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 1177
kingsideAttackmatemateIn2
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Rating 1178
bodenMatematemateIn2
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Rating 1179
backRankMatematemateIn2
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Rating 1179
clearancekingsideAttackmate
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Rating 1179
backRankMateendgamelong
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Rating 1179
attractionendgamemate
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Rating 1180
endgamematemateIn2
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Rating 1180
kingsideAttackmatemateIn2
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Rating 1181
backRankMateendgamelong
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Rating 1181
backRankMatelongmate
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Rating 1181
kingsideAttackmatemateIn2
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Rating 1182
matemateIn2middlegame
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Rating 1183
backRankMateendgamelong
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Rating 1183
backRankMateendgamelong
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Rating 1183
matemateIn2middlegame
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Rating 1183
clearancematemateIn2
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Rating 1184
backRankMatelongmate
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Rating 1185
backRankMatelongmate
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Rating 1185
matemateIn2middlegame
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Rating 1186
attractioncrushingendgame
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Rating 1186
backRankMateendgamelong
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Rating 1186
discoveredCheckdoubleCheckkingsideAttack
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Rating 1186
advantageclearanceendgame
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Rating 1187
discoveredAttackkingsideAttackmate
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