10 attraction motifs rated between 2000 and 2199, averaging 2092. 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 2000-rated players. Puzzle ratings work like player ratings: a puzzle rated 2000 is one that players around 2000 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.
Re8+ Ka7 Qxb7+ Kxb7 Rd7+ Ka6 Rxa8#
Bc4+ bxc4 Qxg7+ Kxg7 Rxd7+
Rxh7+ Kxh7 Bxg6+ Kh6 Qxf4+
Bxe7+ Kxe7 f6+ Kxf6 Rxd8 Rxd8 Rxd8
Qxf8+ Kxf8 Rd8+ Ke7 Nc6#
Qxa7+ Kxa7 Ra3#
Rxe4 Rxe4 f5+ Kh4 fxe4
Re8+ Rxe8 Qf7+ Kh8 Qxe8+ Bf8 Qxf8#
Rh7+ Kxh7 Qb7+ Ne7 Qxe7+
Qxg3+ Kxg3 Bxe5+ Kh3 Bxc7
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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 2000 is one that players rated around 2000 solve roughly half the time. The puzzles on this page average 2092, so they suit 2000-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.