10 quiet moves rated between 1000 and 1199, averaging 1135. 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 quiet move is a non-check, non-capture move that nevertheless wins. These are the hardest puzzles to solve, because the usual search — checks, captures, threats — never generates the answer. Look for moves that take away every escape square instead.
These are pitched at 1000-rated players. Puzzle ratings work like player ratings: a puzzle rated 1000 is one that players around 1000 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.
h2 Rb1 g4 Rh1 g3
h5 Kf4 Kxh6 Kf5 Kg7
c5 a4 c6 a3 c7 a2 c8=Q a1=Q Qc3+ Ka2 Qxa1+
g5 e4 g4 e5 g3 Kd5 g2 e6 g1=Q
fxg6 Kf6 c5 Kxg6 c6 Kf5 c7
e5 Kf5 Kd5 g4 e6 Kf6 Kd6 g3 e7 Kf7 Kd7 g2 e8=Q+
gxh5 g6 Ke7 g7 Kf7 g8=R Kxg8 Kxd6 h4 Kxe5 h3
a4 Be4 a3 Bb1 Kxd5
b5 Kc5 Kxc3 Kxb5 Kd4
Kc4 Kf3 Kc5 Kxg3 Kxc6 Kxh4 b5 Kg3 b6 h4 b7 h3 b8=Q
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A quiet move is a non-check, non-capture move that nevertheless wins. These are the hardest puzzles to solve, because the usual search — checks, captures, threats — never generates the answer. Look for moves that take away every escape square instead.
Puzzle ratings work like player ratings. A puzzle rated 1000 is one that players rated around 1000 solve roughly half the time. The puzzles on this page average 1135, so they suit 1000-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.