Temi di i prublemi
Cunsigliatu
Mumentu
Opening315,113
A tactic during the first phase of the game.
Middlegame2,843,861
A tactic during the second phase of the game.
Finale3,071,829
A tactic during the last phase of the game.
Rook endgame326,817
An endgame with only rooks and pawns.
Finale d' alfieri83,051
Una fine di partita cù soltantu alfieri è pedini.
Pawn endgame221,172
An endgame with only pawns.
Knight endgame50,374
An endgame with only knights and pawns.
Queen endgame70,689
An endgame with only queens and pawns.
Queen and Rook45,853
An endgame with only queens, rooks and pawns.By openingsPiù »
Sicilian Defense200,417
French Defense85,152
Queen's Pawn Game77,409
Italian Game73,619
Caro-Kann Defense71,274
Scandinavian Defense56,038
Queen's Gambit Declined48,615
English Opening40,946
Ruy Lopez39,614
Scotch Game36,575
Indian Defense35,432
Philidor Defense24,805
Figura
Pedinu avanzatu377,986
Unu di i vostri pedini hè avanzatu in a pusizione di l' aversariu, podassi chì a so promuzoin hè una minaccia.
Attacchendu f2 o f745,136
Un attaccu cuncentratu nantu à u pedinu f2 o f7, cum'è in l' attaccu figatellu.
Catturà u difendidore42,601
Removing a piece that is critical to defence of another piece, allowing the now undefended piece to be captured on a following move.
Attaccu scappellatu322,469
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 doppiu32,366
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 inariulatu184,243
A tactic involving a king with few defenders around it, often leading to checkmate.
Furcina819,433
A move where the moved piece attacks two opponent pieces at once.
Hanging piece247,476
A tactic involving an opponent piece being undefended or insufficiently defended and free to capture.
Attaccà l' arruccamentu uppostu533,911
Attaccà u rè uppostu quand' ellu s' hè messu à l' agrottu per via di l' arruccamentu minò.
Pin377,730
A tactic involving pins, where a piece is unable to move without revealing an attack on a higher value piece.
Queenside attack92,211
An attack of the opponent's king, after they castled on the queen side.
Sacrifice457,939
A tactic involving giving up material in the short-term, to gain an advantage again after a forced sequence of moves.
Skewer139,412
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 piece72,738
A piece is unable to escape capture as it has limited moves.Avanzatu
Attrazzione221,366
Un barattu o un sacrifiziu attira una pezza nantu à una cantarella induv'ella hè a sibula d' una tattica.
Liquidazione80,687
U move, à spessu cù un tempò, chì viota una cantarella, una culonna o una diagonale, pè lampà una incroccula tattica.
Collinear move7,561
Two opposing pieces face each other, and one slides along the line of attack without capturing the enemy piece.
Discovered check108,808
Move a piece to reveal a check from a hidden attacking piece, which often leads to a decisive advantage.
Colpu di difesa372,570
A precise move or sequence of moves that is needed to avoid losing material or another advantage.
Sviata268,307
A move that distracts an opposing piece from another duty that it performs, such as guarding a key square. Sometimes also called "overloading".
Interference22,970
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.
Intermezzo77,547
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 move255,005
A move that does not check, capture, or create an immediate threat to capture. Instead, it prepares a hidden and unavoidable threat for a later move.
X-Ray attack21,844
A piece attacks or defends a square, through an enemy piece.
Zugzwang62,691
The opponent is limited in the moves they can make, and all moves worsen their position.Scaccumatu
Checkmate1,910,403
Win the game with style.Mate in 1879,857
Deliver checkmate in one move.Mate in 2800,717
Deliver checkmate in two moves.Mate in 3195,069
Deliver checkmate in three moves.Mate in 428,596
Deliver checkmate in four moves.Mate in 5 or more6,166
Figure out a long mating sequence.Mate themes
U mattu d' Anastasia7,336
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 arabu7,320
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 curridore204,122
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 Boden3,659
2 alfieri chì cuntrollanu 2 i diagunalichì s' incrocianu danu un scaccumattu à un rè bluccatu da e so pezze.
Corner mate10,787
Confine the king to the corner using a rook or queen and a knight to engage the checkmate.
Scaccu mattu cù dui alfieri3,609
2 alfieri chì cuntrollanu 2 i diagunali vicine danu un scaccumattu à un rè bluccatu da e so pezze.
Mattu di Cozio4,001
Una dama dà un scaccumattu à un rè accantu à ella ch' ùn pò scappà postu ch'ellu hè bluccatu da e so pezze.
Epaulette mate22,649
Two adjacent escape squares for a checked king are occupied by other pieces.
Hook mate10,477
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 mate67,648
The rook delivers checkmate, while the bishop helps to confine it.
Morphy's mate7,134
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.
Swallow's tail mate8,398
A checkmate pattern that visually resembles the appearance of a swallow’s tail, similar to a V shape.
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.
Vuković 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 mate23,799
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
Arruccamentu2,625
Mette u rè à l' aggrottu, è sviluppa a torra pè l' attaccu.
En passant rights8,718
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.
Promotion147,099
Promote one of your pawn to a queen or minor piece.
Underpromotion1,153
Promotion to a knight, bishop, or rook.Scopu
Ugualità43,030
Rivene da una pusizione perdente, è assicurà si a patta o una pusizione uguale. (val ≤ 200cp)
Vantaghju1,856,209
Ùn perdite l' uccasione di piglià un vantaghju decisivu. (200cp ≤ eval ≤ 600cp)
Sfracellu2,391,846
Sfuttà u sbagliu di l' aversariu per uttene un vantaghju decisivu. (eval ≥ 600cp)Checkmate1,910,403
Win the game with style.Lunghezza
One-move puzzle927,115
A puzzle that is only one move long.
Short puzzle3,185,034
Two moves to win.
Long puzzle1,588,638
Three moves to win.
Very long puzzle500,701
Four moves or more to win.Origine
Master games820,572
Puzzles from games played by titled players.
Master vs Master games76,385
Puzzles from games between two titled players.
Super GM games3,234
Puzzles from games played by the best players in the world.
Player games
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