10 quiet moves rated between 1400 and 1599, averaging 1489. 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 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.
f5 Kh3 f6 g4 f7 g3 f8=Q
Be5 Kb4 e8=Q
hxg5 Kg4 f6 h4 gxh4
gxh5 g6 h4 g7 Kf7 g8=R Kxg8
Bxf4 exf4 Rh5 Qxh5 Qxh5
Kd5 Ke8 Kd6 Kd8 d5 Kc8 Ke7
Reh2 Rxa3 Rh6+ Kg7 Rh7+ Kf8 Rh8+
Rh3 Rg7 Qxf6
Rh5 d4 Rh1#
d5 Kc7 Ke7 a4 d6+
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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 1400 is one that players rated around 1400 solve roughly half the time. The puzzles on this page average 1489, 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.