10 attraction motifs rated between 1400 and 1599, averaging 1459. 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 1400-rated players. Puzzle ratings work like player ratings: a puzzle rated 1400 is one that players around 1400 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.
Rxh3+ Kxh3 Rh4#
Rxh7+ Kxh7 Qh5#
Rxh7+ Kxh7 Rh1+ Kg7 Qh8#
Rxf8+ Kxf8 Rc8+ Kg7 Qh8#
Bh5+ Kxh5 Qxf7+
g7+ Kxg7 Qh7#
Rxd4+ Kxd4 Nb5+ Ke3 Nxc7
Qxf8+ Kxf8 Re8#
Qxh2+ Kxh2 Rh4#
Qxh2+ Kxh2 Rh6#
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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 1400 is one that players rated around 1400 solve roughly half the time. The puzzles on this page average 1459, so they suit 1400-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.