Temi di i prublemi

Cunsigliatu

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.

Mumentu

Opening308,993

A tactic during the first phase of the game.

Middlegame2,775,733

A tactic during the second phase of the game.

Finale2,983,265

A tactic during the last phase of the game.

Rook endgame316,782

An endgame with only rooks and pawns.

Finale d' alfieri80,557

Una fine di partita cù soltantu alfieri è pedini.

Pawn endgame213,778

An endgame with only pawns.

Knight endgame48,851

An endgame with only knights and pawns.

Queen endgame68,308

An endgame with only queens and pawns.

Queen and Rook44,338

An endgame with only queens, rooks and pawns.

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Figura

Pedinu avanzatu366,698

Unu di i vostri pedini hè avanzatu in a pusizione di l' aversariu, podassi chì a so promuzoin hè una minaccia.

Attacchendu f2 o f743,691

Un attaccu cuncentratu nantu à u pedinu f2 o f7, cum'è in l' attaccu figatellu.

Catturà u difendidore41,960

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

Attaccu scappellatu315,245

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.

Scaccu doppiu31,409

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.

Rè inariulatu178,960

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

Furcina801,372

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

Hanging piece241,789

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

Attaccà l' arruccamentu uppostu517,338

Attaccà u rè uppostu quand' ellu s' hè messu à l' agrottu per via di l' arruccamentu minò.

Pin368,813

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

Queenside attack89,349

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

Sacrifice444,617

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.

Avanzatu

Attrazzione215,145

Un barattu o un sacrifiziu attira una pezza nantu à una cantarella induv'ella hè a sibula d' una tattica.

Liquidazione78,697

U move, à spessu cù un tempò, chì viota una cantarella, una culonna o una diagonale, pè lampà una incroccula tattica.

Discovered check108,808

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

Colpu di difesa363,421

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

Sviata261,070

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.

X-Ray attack21,188

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

Zugzwang60,592

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

Scaccumatu

Checkmate1,841,404

Win the game with style.

Mate in 1844,499

Deliver checkmate in one move.

Mate in 2774,717

Deliver checkmate in two moves.

Mate in 3188,568

Deliver checkmate in three moves.

Mate in 427,656

Deliver checkmate in four moves.

Mate in 5 or more5,966

Figure out a long mating sequence.

Mate themes

U mattu d' Anastasia7,103

Un cavallu è una torra o una dama travaglianu inseme pè catturà u rè uppostu trà u bordu di a scacchera è una pezza di u so campu.

Scaccumattu arabu7,034

Un cavallu è una torra o una dama travaglianu inseme pè catturà u rè uppostu in un scornu di a scacchera.

U mattu di u curridore197,895

Scaccumattà u rè in a prima filare, quand' ellu hè bluccatu da i so pedini.

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.

Scaccumattu di Boden3,509

2 alfieri chì cuntrollanu 2 i diagunalichì s' incrocianu danu un scaccumattu à un rè bluccatu da e so pezze.

Corner mate10,792

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

Scaccu mattu cù dui alfieri3,460

2 alfieri chì cuntrollanu 2 i diagunali vicine danu un scaccumattu à un rè bluccatu da e so pezze.

Mattu di Cozio3,856

Una dama dà un scaccumattu à un rè accantu à ella ch' ùn pò scappà postu ch'ellu hè bluccatu da e so pezze.

Hook mate10,088

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.

Colpu speciale

Arruccamentu2,590

Mette u rè à l' aggrottu, è sviluppa a torra pè l' attaccu.

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.

Scopu

Ugualità43,027

Rivene da una pusizione perdente, è assicurà si a patta o una pusizione uguale. (val ≤ 200cp)

Vantaghju1,814,618

Ùn perdite l' uccasione di piglià un vantaghju decisivu. (200cp ≤ eval ≤ 600cp)

Sfracellu2,339,439

Sfuttà u sbagliu di l' aversariu per uttene un vantaghju decisivu. (eval ≥ 600cp)

Checkmate1,841,404

Win the game with style.

Lunghezza

One-move puzzle891,757

A puzzle that is only one move long.

Short puzzle3,113,311

Two moves to win.

Long puzzle1,545,087

Three moves to win.

Very long puzzle488,333

Four moves or more to win.

Origine

Master games805,057

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.

Player games

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

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