10 defender captures rated between 800 and 999, averaging 929. 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.
Capturing the defender removes the piece that holds the position together. The material trade is often equal or even losing on its face — the point is what becomes undefended a move later.
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.
Nxd5 Qxd5 Bxb4
Rxe4 dxe4 Rxc4
Bxf1 Kxf1 Rxf3+
Qxb6 axb6 Rxc7
Rxg3 fxg3 Qxf3+
Nxe7 Nxe1 Rxf8
dxc4 Rc1 Rxc7
Qxd5 cxd5 Rxb7
Rxe6 fxe6 Rxf6
Nxd5 Qxd5 Qxe7
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Capturing the defender removes the piece that holds the position together. The material trade is often equal or even losing on its face — the point is what becomes undefended a move later.
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 929, 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.