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Skewer Chess Puzzles

Search 49,500 locally indexed real-game positions, narrow them by motif, difficulty or rating, then play each stored tactical line directly on the board without an upstream connection.

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

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24 shown from 49500 locally materialized records.

Showing 145–168 of 982 matching records

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Puzzle 0QLAF

Rating 885 advantagemiddlegameshort
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Puzzle 0E8KH

Rating 886 crushingendgamerookEndgame
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Puzzle 0LURZ

Rating 892 crushingendgamerookEndgame
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Puzzle 0QSEP

Rating 892 bishopEndgamecrushingendgame
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Puzzle 0ME21

Rating 893 crushingdeflectionendgame
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Puzzle 0Mh7E

Rating 901 advantageendgameexposedKing
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Puzzle 0DmIm

Rating 909 crushingendgamerookEndgame
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Puzzle 06Prw

Rating 911 crushingendgamerookEndgame
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Puzzle 04mzK

Rating 914 bishopEndgamecrushingendgame
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Puzzle 0IEOu

Rating 914 crushingkingsideAttackmiddlegame
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Puzzle 0Maye

Rating 914 crushingendgamerookEndgame
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Puzzle 0N8fA

Rating 916 advantagehangingPiecemiddlegame
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