10 quiet moves rated between 2000 and 2199, averaging 2089. 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 2000-rated players. Puzzle ratings work like player ratings: a puzzle rated 2000 is one that players around 2000 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.
Nh4 Re8 Rxe8
Qxf3 gxf3 a5 bxa5 b4 f4 b3
g5+ Ke3 g6 f3 exf3
Ke6 Ke3 Kf5 Kf3 h4 Ke3 Kg4 f5 Kxf5
g5 Nxf3 g6
a5 b4 b6#
b2 Nd2 Nc3 f5 Kxf5
Rh8 Rb1 Kxf2
Qxb6+ Kxb6 h4 Ka7 h3 b5 h2 b6 h1=Q b7 Qh7 Ka8 Qe4
Nc3 Rxb2+ Kxb2
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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 2000 is one that players rated around 2000 solve roughly half the time. The puzzles on this page average 2089, so they suit 2000-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.