Learn chess

Practice chess tactics, checkmate patterns, and endgame techniques with interactive puzzles. Each theme includes puzzles at three difficulty levels to help you improve.

Tactics

Sharpen your combinational vision with forks, pins, skewers, and more.

ForkPinSkewerDiscovered AttackAttractionDeflectionX-Ray AttackCapturing DefenderIntermezzoSacrificeDouble CheckTrapped PieceClearanceInterferenceKingside AttackQueenside AttackAttacking F2 / F7En PassantHanging PiecePromotionQuiet MoveUnder PromotionZugzwang

Mate Patterns

Recognize and deliver classic checkmate patterns from back-rank mates to smothered mates.

Back Rank MateSmothered MateArabian MateAnastasia MateDovetail MateHook MateKill Box MateDouble Bishop MateBoden MateVukovic Mate

Endgames

Master essential endgame techniques with pawn, rook, queen, and minor piece endings.

Pawn EndgamesRook EndgamesQueen EndgamesQueen & Rook EndgamesBishop EndgamesKnight Endgames

Openings

Explore tactical patterns that arise from popular chess openings.

Sicilian DefenseFrench DefenseCaro-Kann DefenseItalian GameRuy LopezScandinavian DefenseScotch GamePhilidor DefenseRussian GameKing's GambitPirc DefenseVienna GameAlekhine's DefenseBishop's OpeningCenter GameQueen's Gambit DeclinedQueen's Gambit AcceptedSlav DefenseKing's Indian DefenseBenoni DefenseNimzo-Indian DefenseDutch DefenseSemi-Slav DefenseGrunfeld DefenseQueen's Indian DefenseCatalan OpeningEnglish OpeningLondon SystemTrompowsky AttackKing's Indian AttackReti OpeningTarrasch DefensePonziani OpeningBlackmar-Diemer GambitDanish GambitElephant GambitEnglund GambitLatvian GambitBenko Gambit

Master Games

Solve puzzles from real games played by grandmasters and international masters.

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