Chess training · no ads
Improve on your terms
Solve puzzles matched to your rating, review your games with Stockfish 19, and earn XP as you train. There are no ads.
- Free to start
- 25 puzzle themes
- Stockfish 19 in your browser
Try one now
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
h8
g
f
e
d
c
b
a
Black to move. Find the best move.
You can solve this one without an account. After signing up you get puzzles like this one from a collection of 120,000, each picked to match your rating.
Chess puzzles by theme
25 themes, each explained in plain words, with a puzzle to try.
- ForkOne piece attacks two or more enemy pieces at once.Try a fork puzzle
- PinA piece can't move without exposing a bigger one behind it.Try a pin puzzle
- SkewerAttack a valuable piece, then take the one behind it.Try a skewer puzzle
- Discovered attackMoving one piece uncovers an attack by another.Try a discovered attack puzzle
- DeflectionForce a defender away from what it is guarding.Try a deflection puzzle
- SacrificeGive up material on purpose to win something bigger.Try a sacrifice puzzle
- Back-rank mateMate on the back rank, with the king boxed in by its pawns.Try a back-rank mate puzzle
- Mate in 2Two moves to mate, whatever the reply.Try a mate in 2 puzzle