10 attraction motifs rated between 1800 and 1999, averaging 1887. 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 1800-rated players. Puzzle ratings work like player ratings: a puzzle rated 1800 is one that players around 1800 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+ Nxh1 Rxh1+ Kxh1 Qh4+ Kg1 Qh2+ Kf1 Qh1#
Bxh2+ Kxh2 Qh4+ Kg1 Rxe1+ Rxe1 Qxe1+
Rh7+ Kxh7 Qf7+ Kh8 Qxg8#
Qxh7+ Kxh7 Rh1#
Rxh2+ Kxh2 Qxg3+ Kh1 Qh3#
Qxh7+ Kxh7 Rh3+ Qh4 Rxh4#
Rxh3+ Rxh3 g4+ Kf2 gxh3
Rxg5+ Qxg5 Nh3+ Kf1 Nxg5
Rxg1+ Kxg1 Re1+ Rf1 Bd4+ Kh1 Rxf1#
Rxg8+ Kxg8 Qf7+ Kh8 Qxg6
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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 1800 is one that players rated around 1800 solve roughly half the time. The puzzles on this page average 1887, so they suit 1800-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.