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 868
kingsideAttackmatemateIn2
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Rating 868
advantageendgamelong
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Rating 869
backRankMateendgamefork
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Rating 870
clearancekingsideAttackmate
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Rating 871
crushingendgamekingsideAttack
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Rating 872
backRankMateendgamelong
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Rating 873
backRankMatelongmate
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Rating 874
backRankMateendgamefork
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Rating 881
backRankMatelongmate
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Rating 885
backRankMatelongmate
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Rating 889
endgamematemateIn2
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Rating 889
backRankMatelongmate
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Rating 892
backRankMatematemateIn2
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Rating 893
backRankMateendgamemate
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Rating 893
longmatemateIn3
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Rating 894
backRankMatematemateIn2
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Rating 894
backRankMatelongmate
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Rating 900
clearancekingsideAttackmate
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Rating 901
advantageendgameexposedKing
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Rating 902
backRankMatelongmate
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Rating 905
backRankMateendgamemate
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Rating 908
matemateIn2middlegame
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Rating 912
anastasiaMateendgamemate
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Rating 916
arabianMatekingsideAttackmate
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