Puzzle Themes

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Healthy mix6,067,991

A bit of everything. You don't know what to expect, so you remain ready for anything! Just like in real games.

Phases

Байбихьи308,993

A tactic during the first phase of the game.

БакьулъхӀай2,775,733

A tactic during the second phase of the game.

АхирхӀай2,983,265

A tactic during the last phase of the game.

Хъалаялъул ахирхӀай316,782

An endgame with only rooks and pawns.

Пилалъул ахирхӀай80,557

An endgame with only bishops and pawns.

Пешкаялъул ахирхӀай213,778

An endgame with only pawns.

Чол ахирхӀай48,851

An endgame with only knights and pawns.

Къиралалъул ахирхӀай68,308

An endgame with only queens and pawns.

Къирилайги хъалаги44,338

An endgame with only queens, rooks and pawns.

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Motifs

ЦӀебетӀураб пешка366,698

One of your pawns is deep into the opponent position, maybe threatening to promote.

Attacking f2 or f743,691

An attack focusing on the f2 or f7 pawn, such as in the fried liver opening.

ЦӀунулеб чӀвай41,960

Removing a piece that is critical to defence of another piece, allowing the now undefended piece to be captured on a following move.

Discovered attack315,245

Moving a piece (such as a knight), that previously blocked an attack by a long range piece (such as a rook), out of the way of that piece.

Double check31,409

Checking with two pieces at once, as a result of a discovered attack where both the moving piece and the unveiled piece attack the opponent's king.

Exposed king178,960

A tactic involving a king with few defenders around it, often leading to checkmate.

ГӀучӀ801,372

A move where the moved piece attacks two opponent pieces at once.

ЦӀуничӀеб кесек241,789

A tactic involving an opponent piece being undefended or insufficiently defended and free to capture.

Къирасул рахъалда тӀадекӀанцӀи517,338

An attack of the opponent's king, after they castled on the king side.

Бухьин368,813

A tactic involving pins, where a piece is unable to move without revealing an attack on a higher value piece.

Къиралалъул рахъалда тӀадекӀанцӀи89,349

An attack of the opponent's king, after they castled on the queen side.

Къурбан444,617

A tactic involving giving up material in the short-term, to gain an advantage again after a forced sequence of moves.

Skewer135,724

A motif involving a high value piece being attacked, moving out the way, and allowing a lower value piece behind it to be captured or attacked, the inverse of a pin.

Trapped piece71,634

A piece is unable to escape capture as it has limited moves.

ЦӀебетӀураб

ЦӀай215,145

An exchange or sacrifice encouraging or forcing an opponent piece to a square that allows a follow-up tactic.

Clearance78,697

A move, often with tempo, that clears a square, file or diagonal for a follow-up tactical idea.

Discovered check108,808

Move a piece to reveal a check from a hidden attacking piece, which often leads to a decisive advantage.

ЦӀунулеб хъурщи363,421

A precise move or sequence of moves that is needed to avoid losing material or another advantage.

НахъчӀвай261,070

A move that distracts an opponent piece from another duty that it performs, such as guarding a key square. Sometimes also called "overloading".

Interference22,495

Moving a piece between two opponent pieces to leave one or both opponent pieces undefended, such as a knight on a defended square between two rooks.

Intermezzo76,038

Instead of playing the expected move, first interpose another move posing an immediate threat that the opponent must answer. Also known as "Zwischenzug" or "In between".

Quiet move248,153

A move that does neither make a check or capture, nor an immediate threat to capture, but does prepare a more hidden unavoidable threat for a later move.

Ренген21,188

A piece attacks or defends a square, through an enemy piece.

Цугцванг60,592

The opponent is limited in the moves they can make, and all moves worsen their position.

Матал

Мат1,841,404

Берцинго бергьа.

1 хъурщиялъ мат844,499

Deliver checkmate in one move.

2 хъурщиялъ мат774,717

Deliver checkmate in two moves.

3 хъурщиялъ мат188,568

Deliver checkmate in three moves.

4 хъурщиялъ мат27,656

Deliver checkmate in four moves.

5 яги цӀикӀкӀун хъурщиялъ мат5,966

Figure out a long mating sequence.

Mate themes

Анастасиял мат7,103

A knight and rook or queen team up to trap the opposing king between the side of the board and a friendly piece.

ГӀараб мат7,034

A knight and a rook team up to trap the opposing king on a corner of the board.

Ахирисеб мухъалда мат197,895

Checkmate the king on the home rank, when it is trapped there by its own pieces.

Balestra mate1,368

A bishop delivers the checkmate, while a queen blocks the remaining escape squares

Blind Swine mate6,361

Two rooks team up to mate the king in an area of 2 by 2 squares.

Боденил мат3,509

Two attacking bishops on criss-crossing diagonals deliver mate to a king obstructed by friendly pieces.

Corner mate10,792

Confine the king to the corner using a rook or queen and a knight to engage the checkmate.

Double bishop mate3,460

Two attacking bishops on adjacent diagonals deliver mate to a king obstructed by friendly pieces.

Dovetail mate3,856

A queen delivers mate to an adjacent king, whose only two escape squares are obstructed by friendly pieces.

Гьук мат10,088

Checkmate with a rook, knight, and pawn along with one enemy pawn to limit the enemy king's escape.

Kill box mate5,520

A rook is next to the enemy king and supported by a queen that also blocks the king's escape squares. The rook and the queen catch the enemy king in a 3 by 3 "kill box".

Pillsbury's mate67,649

The rook delivers checkmate, while the bishop helps to confine it.

Morphy's mate7,135

Use the bishop to check the king, while your rook helps to confine it.

Opera mate63,942

Check the king with a rook and use a bishop to defend the rook.

Triangle mate7,854

The queen and rook, one square away from the enemy king, are on the same rank or file, separated by one square, forming a triangle.

Vukovic mate2,487

A rook and knight team up to mate the king. The rook delivers mate while supported by a third piece, and the knight is used to block the king's escape squares.

Smothered mate22,859

A checkmate delivered by a knight in which the mated king is unable to move because it is surrounded (or smothered) by its own pieces.

БатӀиял хъурщиял

Рокировка2,590

Къирал хӀинкъи гьечӀеб бакӀалдеги лъе, хъала тӀадекӀанцӀизеги хӀадуре.

En passant rights8,503

A tactic involving the en passant rule, where a pawn can capture an opponent pawn that has bypassed it using its initial two-square move.

Promotion142,636

Promote one of your pawn to a queen or minor piece.

Underpromotion1,125

Promotion to a knight, bishop, or rook.

Мурадал

Бащалъи43,027

Come back from a losing position, and secure a draw or a balanced position. (eval ≤ 200cp)

ТӀокӀлъи1,814,618

Seize your chance to get a decisive advantage. (200cp ≤ eval ≤ 600cp)

Щущазаби2,339,439

Spot the opponent blunder to obtain a crushing advantage. (eval ≥ 600cp)

Мат1,841,404

Берцинго бергьа.

Халалъи

Цо хъурщиялъул масъала891,757

A puzzle that is only one move long.

Къокъаб масъала3,113,311

Бергьине, кӀиго хъурщи.

Long puzzle1,545,087

Бергьине, лъабго хъурщи.

ЦӀакъ халатаб масъала488,333

Бергьине, ункъо яги цӀикӀкӀун хъурщи.

Origin

Устарзабазул хӀаял805,057

Puzzles from games played by titled players.

Master vs Master games75,764

Puzzles from games between two titled players.

Super GM games3,192

Puzzles from games played by the best players in the world.

ХӀалесул хӀаял

Lookup puzzles generated from your games, or from another player's games.

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