10 quiet moves rated between 1800 and 1999, averaging 1869. 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 1800-rated players. Puzzle ratings work like player ratings: a puzzle rated 1800 is one that players around 1800 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.
Rxg1 Kxg1 Rh8 Nc3 Rh1+ Kf2 Rxa1
Bf1 Qf3 Rg4+ Qxg4 fxg4
g5 Bd2 g4 hxg4+ Kxg4
Qg5 Rf5 Qxf5
Bc6 Qf4+ Kg2 Qg3+ Rxg3
Qb8 Qg7 Bxg7
Kb6 Bf3 c5 Be4 c6+
Ra2 Kd8 Ra8+ Ke7 Qxc7+
Bxe5 Kc4 Bd6 b4 cxb4
Qxc7+ Kxc7 Kxd5 e6 Kxe6 Kb6 a4 Ka5 a3 Kb4 a2
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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 1800 is one that players rated around 1800 solve roughly half the time. The puzzles on this page average 1869, so they suit 1800-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.