10 attraction motifs rated between 1600 and 1799, averaging 1646. 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 1600-rated players. Puzzle ratings work like player ratings: a puzzle rated 1600 is one that players around 1600 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.
Rh1+ Kxh1 Qh7+ Rh5 Qxh5+ Kg1 Qh2+ Kf1 Qh1#
Qxb2+ Kxb2 Nxd3+ Kb3 Nxe1
Rf7 Qxf7 Re7+ Kb8 Rxf7
Qh1+ Ke2 Rxe3+ Kxe3 Qxe1+
Rxf1+ Kxf1 Qc4+
Rxa4 Rxa4 b5+ Kc3 bxa4
Qxf7+ Kxf7 Nxd6+ Kg6 Nxc8
h3+ Kh2 Rh1+ Kxh1 Qf3+ Kg1 Qg2#
Qxd8+ Kxd8 Nxf7+ Ke8 Nxh8
g6+ Kxg6 Qh5#
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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 1600 is one that players rated around 1600 solve roughly half the time. The puzzles on this page average 1646, so they suit 1600-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.