10 pins rated between 1400 and 1599, averaging 1453. 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.
A pin freezes a piece: it cannot move without exposing something more valuable behind it. An absolute pin is against the king, so the pinned piece legally cannot move at all; a relative pin is against a queen or rook, where moving is legal but loses material. The practical skill is not spotting the pin — it is piling more attackers onto the pinned piece while it cannot run.
These are pitched at 1400-rated players. Puzzle ratings work like player ratings: a puzzle rated 1400 is one that players around 1400 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.
Qh5+ Kf6 Rf1
Qxf2+ Rxf2 Rd1+ Ne1 Rxe1#
Qxh6+ Kg8 Qxg7#
Ra8 Qxa8 Bxa8
Bxb5 axb5 Rxc4
Qxd7 Rxc8 Qxc8+
Rc1 Qxc1 Qxc1+
Bh4 Kf7 Bxf6
Rxc6+ Bxc6 Rc8
Rxh6+ Kxh6 Qh5#
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A pin freezes a piece: it cannot move without exposing something more valuable behind it. An absolute pin is against the king, so the pinned piece legally cannot move at all; a relative pin is against a queen or rook, where moving is legal but loses material. The practical skill is not spotting the pin — it is piling…
Puzzle ratings work like player ratings. A puzzle rated 1400 is one that players rated around 1400 solve roughly half the time. The puzzles on this page average 1453, so they suit 1400-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.