10 attraction motifs rated between 800 and 999, averaging 930. 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 800-rated players. Puzzle ratings work like player ratings: a puzzle rated 800 is one that players around 800 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.
Qxh6+ gxh6 Rxh6+ Kxh6 Rh3+ Bh4 Rxh4#
Qxh6+ Kxh6 Rh4#
Qxd4 Rxd4 Nf3+ Kg2 Nxd4
Rg2+ Qxg2 Rxg2+ Kxg2 Qxd2+
dxe6 Kxe6 f5+
Qxd2+ Kxd2 Nb3+ Kd1 Nxa1
Qxd5+ Rxd5 Ne3+ Kf3 Nxd5
exf3+ Kxf3 g4+ Ke4 g3
Rxg2+ Kxg2 Ne3+ Kf2 Nxf1
Qg7+ Kxg7 h8=Q#
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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 800 is one that players rated around 800 solve roughly half the time. The puzzles on this page average 930, so they suit 800-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.