Learn chess

Practice chess tactics and checkmate patterns with interactive puzzles. Each theme includes puzzles at three difficulty levels to help you master the pattern.

Tactics

Fork

Pin

Skewer

Discovered Attack

Attraction

Deflection

X-Ray Attack

Capturing Defender

Intermezzo

Sacrifice

Double Check

Trapped Piece

Clearance

Interference

Kingside Attack

Queenside Attack

Attacking F2 / F7

En Passant

Hanging Piece

Promotion

Quiet Move

Under Promotion

Zugzwang

Mate Patterns

Back Rank Mate

Smothered Mate

Arabian Mate

Anastasia Mate

Dovetail Mate

Hook Mate

Kill Box Mate

Double Bishop Mate

Boden Mate

Vukovic Mate