10 quiet moves rated between 400 and 799, averaging 585. 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 600-rated players. Puzzle ratings work like player ratings: a puzzle rated 600 is one that players around 600 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.
f4 Kb6 f3 c5 f2
b4 e5 b3 e6 b2
a5 Kh4 a6 g4 a7 g3 a8=Q
h4 Ka5 h3 b5 h2 b6 h1=Q
Qc2+ Qxc2+ Kxc2 Kf7 b4 g4 b3 g5 b2 g6 b1=Q
c5 Kh4 c6 g4 c7 g3 c8=Q
a5 g4 a6 g3 a7 Kf2 a8=Q
Qc2 Qxc2+ Kxc2 g4 a4 Kf7 a3 g5 a2 g6 a1=Q
h5 Ka4 h6 b4 h7 b3 h8=Q
e5 g4 e6 g3 e7 g2 e8=Q
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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 600 is one that players rated around 600 solve roughly half the time. The puzzles on this page average 585, so they suit 600-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.