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 784
endgamekingsideAttackmate
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Rating 785
matemateIn2middlegame
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Rating 785
backRankMateendgamemate
foundation
Rating 790
endgamematemateIn2
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Rating 795
endgamematemateIn2
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Rating 795
endgamematemateIn2
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Rating 795
backRankMatelongmate
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Rating 796
endgamematemateIn2
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Rating 796
matemateIn2middlegame
foundation
Rating 797
backRankMateendgamemate
foundation
Rating 798
discoveredAttackkingsideAttacklong
foundation
Rating 799
clearanceendgamemate
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Rating 801
kingsideAttackmatemateIn2
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Rating 802
backRankMateendgamelong
foundation
Rating 803
matemateIn2middlegame
foundation
Rating 805
endgamekingsideAttackmate
foundation
Rating 809
backRankMatematemateIn2
foundation
Rating 811
matemateIn2middlegame
foundation
Rating 813
endgamematemateIn2
foundation
Rating 815
endgamekingsideAttackmate
foundation
Rating 815
endgamematemateIn2
foundation
Rating 816
kingsideAttackmatemateIn2
foundation
Rating 816
clearancekingsideAttackmate
foundation
Rating 819
backRankMateendgamelong
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