30,000 Chess Puzzles

Massive archive of critical chess positions from historic and modern games

The puzzles in this collection are culled from hundreds of thousands of historic and modern games.
There are 32,000 puzzles and 6,000 tactical demonstrations over 1,600 pages. These are critical positions
with only one winning move, i.e. a move that results in a clear two pawn advantage or better. The color
disk on the diagram indicates who moves first. Solutions are found under the puzzles when you drag your
curser between the two brackets. All solutions have been verified by a grandmaster-rated chess engine.

Strategy requires thought, tactics require observation (Max Euwe)
Many students will experience a rise of 400 rating points once they make a habit
of solving chess puzzles. Here you can browse positions that arose in recent
games as well as the old classics. Observing tactics will make you a stronger
player. Things to do: 1) Review 100 elementary 'mate in 2' puzzles.
2) Practice seeing 3 moves ahead with 'mate in 3' puzzles from tournament games.
3) Here are some puzzles rated ELO 2000-2099..
4) Try your hand at winning sacrifices from the Tactics Workshop.
5) Put yourself in the shoes of Paul Morphy the first unofficial World Champion.
6) Explore the index of GMs, tournaments, openings or what's new on this page.

What's New; Tactics Workshops: Double Attacks and Forks; Discovered Attacks and Checks; Pins;
Decoys and Deflections; Interference Tactic; Trapping and Mating Nets;
Undermining Tactic; Overloading Tactic; Clearance Tactic; Sacrifices

Grandmasters

Click on a Grandmaster's name. Each link contains 3 - 130 puzzles.
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'Characteristic Puzzles in the Opening' series

Composed Chess Problems

Mate in 2's: Anonymous; O. A. Brownson; George E Carpenter; George N Cheney; Ed H Courtenay; John Gardiner; Charles A Gilberg; Kenneth S. Howard; Napoleon Marache; Joseph A Potter; George A Reed; Theophilus A. Thompson

Mate in 3's: Anonymous; JB of Bridport; Mrs Baird; A. Bayersdorfer; O. Blumenthal; George E Carpenter; R. Collinson; A. Corrias; J. Crum; A W Daniel; H Hosey Davis; A. Decker; F. Dubbe; K. Erlin; Otto Fuss; K. Gavrilow; W. Geary; Sam Loyd; O Nemo; F M Teed; Theophilus A. Thompson; Wallis

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rated 'mate in 2' puzzles; 'mate in 3's; rated 'mate in 4's

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Bill Harvey has published dozens of pamphlets and books on chess puzzles. His
high puzzle solving ratings: 2800 at chess.com; 2600 at lichess.org.
He has a very rare 'Morphy Number' of 4 (Bisguier-Tartakower-Mortimer-Morphy).

Susan Polgar@SusanPolgar
@WTHarvey Your stuff is great. Good job!

Natalia Pogonina@Pogonina
A nice selection of tactics from my games: http://bit.ly/ORivS
Thanks to @WTHarvey

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