10 quiet moves rated between 1600 and 1799, averaging 1663. 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 1600-rated players. Puzzle ratings work like player ratings: a puzzle rated 1600 is one that players around 1600 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.
b4 h5 c5 h4 c6 h3 c7
g4 Kf2 Kh2 b5 g3+
Rgh8 Kf1 Rh1+ Ke2 Re8+
g4 fxg4 f5 Kd4 f6
Rff1 Rxg7+ Kf8 Rbf7+ Rxf7
f5 Ke7 Kg7
h4 d5 cxd5
Bg7 Nf8 Bxf8 Bf5 exf5 Rxe2+ Rxe2
Rdd8 g5 h5 Rf1+ Kh2 g6 Rh8+
fxg5 Kc5 h5 a2 Kb2
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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 1600 is one that players rated around 1600 solve roughly half the time. The puzzles on this page average 1663, so they suit 1600-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.