10 attraction motifs rated between 1200 and 1399, averaging 1313. Each position below is from a real game, with the solution given underneath — so you can check yourself immediately rather than guessing whether you were right.
Attraction lures a piece — usually the king — onto a square where it can be hit. It almost always costs material to offer the bait, so these are sacrificial puzzles where the follow-up must be found before the sacrifice is played.
These are pitched at 1200-rated players. Puzzle ratings work like player ratings: a puzzle rated 1200 is one that players around 1200 solve about half the time, so if you are getting most of these you should move up a band.
Solving from a page is good for pattern recognition but not for tracking progress. The rated puzzle trainer serves puzzles matched to your own rating and adjusts as you solve, and the Mistake Trainer builds puzzles from positions you actually got wrong in your own games.
Qxh2+ Kxh2 Rh6#
Rxc8 Rxc8 Ne7+ Kf7 Nxc8
Ba3+ Re7 Bxe7+ Kxe7 f8=Q+
Qxh7+ Kxh7 Rh4#
Ra1+ Kxa1 h1=Q+ Ka2 Qxe4
Rxa7+ Kxa7 Nc6+ Kb6 Nxe7
Bxh6+ Kxh6 Qxf8+
Qc7+ Qd7 Rf7+ Kxf7 Qxd7+
Qxh2+ Kxh2 Rh5#
d7+ Ke7 Bf6+ Kxf6 d8=Q+
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Attraction lures a piece — usually the king — onto a square where it can be hit. It almost always costs material to offer the bait, so these are sacrificial puzzles where the follow-up must be found before the sacrifice is played.
Puzzle ratings work like player ratings. A puzzle rated 1200 is one that players rated around 1200 solve roughly half the time. The puzzles on this page average 1313, so they suit 1200-rated players.
Yes. Every puzzle on this page, including its solution, is free to view with no account. The rated trainer that tracks your progress and serves puzzles matched to your rating is part of Chess Ramp Premium.