Темы завданок

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Healthy mix6,071,338

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

Фазы

Opening309,084

A tactic during the first phase of the game.

Middlegame2,776,703

A tactic during the second phase of the game.

Endgame2,984,639

A tactic during the last phase of the game.

Rook endgame316,994

An endgame with only rooks and pawns.

Bishop endgame80,610

An endgame with only bishops and pawns.

Pawn endgame213,934

An endgame with only pawns.

Knight endgame48,879

An endgame with only knights and pawns.

Queen endgame68,354

An endgame with only queens and pawns.

Queen and Rook44,364

An endgame with only queens, rooks and pawns.

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Мотівы

Проходный пішак366,924

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

Attacking f2 or f743,714

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

Capture the defender41,978

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

Discovered attack315,389

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 check31,433

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 king179,070

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

Вилка801,758

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

Hanging piece241,922

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

Kingside attack517,653

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

Зязка368,998

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

Queenside attack89,406

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

Sacrifice444,892

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

Skewer135,808

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 piece71,652

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

Поступовый

Attraction215,274

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

Clearance78,743

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.

Defensive move363,620

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

Deflection261,206

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

Interference22,498

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.

Intermezzo76,066

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 move248,286

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 attack21,199

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

Zugzwang60,633

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

Маты

Checkmate1,842,824

Win the game with style.

Mate in 1845,221

Deliver checkmate in one move.

Mate in 2775,263

Deliver checkmate in two moves.

Mate in 3188,703

Deliver checkmate in three moves.

Mate in 427,672

Deliver checkmate in four moves.

Mate in 5 or more5,967

Figure out a long mating sequence.

Mate themes

Anastasia's mate7,106

Кунь тай тура (вадь дама) матувут короля противника межи крайом дощкы ай другов фіґуров противника.

Arabian mate7,042

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

Back rank mate198,022

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.

Boden's mate3,512

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 mate3,462

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

Dovetail mate3,860

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

Hook mate10,097

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 mate22,879

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.

Шпеціалні ходы

Castling2,591

Bring the king to safety, and deploy the rook for attack.

En passant rights8,513

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.

Promotion142,722

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

Underpromotion1,125

Promotion to a knight, bishop, or rook.

Цїль

Equality43,027

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

Advantage1,815,526

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

Crushing2,340,460

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

Checkmate1,842,824

Win the game with style.

Кулько ходув

One-move puzzle892,479

A puzzle that is only one move long.

Short puzzle3,114,831

Two moves to win.

Long puzzle1,545,971

Three moves to win.

Very long puzzle488,556

Four moves or more to win.

Узятоє із партій

Master games805,394

Puzzles from games played by titled players.

Master vs Master games75,776

Puzzles from games between two titled players.

Super GM games3,195

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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