10 attraction motifs rated between 2200 and 3500, averaging 2252. 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 2200+-rated players. Puzzle ratings work like player ratings: a puzzle rated 2200+ is one that players around 2200+ 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.
Be5+ Rxe5 Qf4+ g3 Qxe5 Qxe5 Rxe5
Rxg7 Rxg7 Qxf6+ Ke8 Qxg7
Qh4+ Kg1 Qh1+ Kxh1 Ng3+ Kg1 Rh1#
Bxg7+ Kxg7 Qxe7+ Kg8 Qe6+ Kh8 Qf6+
Rxh3+ Kxh3 Nxf2+ Rxf2 Qg3#
Rxg7+ Kxg7 Qg5+ Bg6 Qf6+ Kg8 Bh6
Rd5+ Kxd5 Qd3#
Rxg2+ Kxg2 Qb2+ Kf3 cxd4
Bxh3+ Kxh3 Qxf3+ Kh2 Rd5
Rxg2+ Kh1 Rg1+ Kxg1 Qh1#
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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 2200+ is one that players rated around 2200+ solve roughly half the time. The puzzles on this page average 2252, so they suit 2200+-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.