982 real-game puzzles in this collection
What is a skewer?
A skewer is a pin reversed: the more valuable piece stands in front and must move, exposing the piece behind it to capture. King-and-rook skewers decide countless endgames.
How to spot it
Watch for a king or queen standing on the same open line as a less defended piece behind it. A check or a threat that forces the front piece to step aside completes the pattern.
What this set trains
Skewer sets sharpen your feel for open lines and for driving royal pieces onto fatal ranks, files and diagonals.
Foundation: 343Developing: 215Challenging: 163Advanced: 261
foundation
Rating 968
crushingendgameshort
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crushingendgameshort
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Rating 970
crushingdeflectionendgame
foundation
Rating 971
crushingendgamequeenRookEndgame
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Rating 972
advantagelongmiddlegame
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Rating 972
crushingendgamerookEndgame
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Rating 975
crushingendgameinterference
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Rating 976
crushingdeflectionendgame
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Rating 977
advantageendgameshort
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Rating 980
crushingendgamelong
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Rating 982
advantageendgamerookEndgame
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Rating 985
crushingendgameshort
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Rating 989
crushingendgameshort
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Rating 990
crushingendgamequeenEndgame
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Rating 992
crushingdeflectionendgame
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Rating 993
crushingendgamerookEndgame
foundation
Rating 994
crushingendgamequeenRookEndgame
foundation
Rating 995
crushingendgameshort
foundation
Rating 996
crushingdeflectionendgame
foundation
Rating 1002
crushingendgamerookEndgame
foundation
Rating 1009
advantagemiddlegameshort
foundation
Rating 1010
attractioncrushingendgame
foundation
Rating 1011
advantageendgamerookEndgame
foundation
Rating 1012
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