10 quiet moves rated between 1200 and 1399, averaging 1330. 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 1200-rated players. Puzzle ratings work like player ratings: a puzzle rated 1200 is one that players around 1200 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.
h4 Kc4 h5 Kd5 h6
Kxd5 Kg3 c4 Kxh3 c5 g4 c6 g3 c7 Kh2 c8=Q
bxc6 Kb7 g4 Kxa6 g3 Kb7 g2 a6 g1=Q a7 Qg7+
Kd3 Kf3 Kxc3 Kxf4 d4 g4 d3
f4 g6 Kf6 g7 Kxg7
a5 Bc8 a6 Kd5 b7
a5 Ke6 a6 Kd5 a7
Kxb6 Kxh4 c5 g5 c6 g4 c7 g3 c8=Q
Rxe5+ Be7 Rde1 a5 Rxe7+
Kg5 Ke5 h5 f6 gxf6+
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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 1200 is one that players rated around 1200 solve roughly half the time. The puzzles on this page average 1330, so they suit 1200-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.