Puzzles
Sharpen your tactics.
Puzzles from real games, sorted by theme and opening.
Your puzzle rating
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Your progressPuzzle StreakHarder and harder. One mistake ends it.Puzzle SprintAs many as you can in 3 minutes.By themeForks, pins, mates in 2, endgames…By openingTactics from the openings you play.
Popular themes
All themes- ForkOne piece attacks two or more targets at once.
- PinA piece can’t move without exposing something worth more behind it.
- SkewerAttack a valuable piece so that the one behind it falls when it moves.
- Discovered attackMove one piece out of the way to unmask an attack by another.
- Hanging pieceWin a piece that is left without protection.
- SacrificeGive up material now to gain more later.
- Mate in 1Deliver checkmate in one move.
- Mate in 2Deliver checkmate in two moves.
- Back rank mateMate on the back rank, the king boxed in by its pawns.
- EndgameTactics with few pieces left on the board.
- DeflectionPull a defender away from the square it must guard.
- Trapped pieceA piece has no safe square left and can be won.
Puzzles come from the Lichess open puzzle database (CC0), with their ratings and themes. database.lichess.org