10 quiet moves rated between 800 and 999, averaging 946. 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 800-rated players. Puzzle ratings work like player ratings: a puzzle rated 800 is one that players around 800 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.
cxb4 cxb4 a5 Ke4 Kxf6
Kxb7 a2 Be5 a1=R Bxa1
Kxf6 b5 g5 b4 g6 b3 g7 b2 g8=Q+
e5 b4 e6 b3 e7 Kd7 Kf7
Kxb6 Kg3 Kxa5 Kxh3 b4 Kxg4 b5 Kh3 b6 g4 b7 g3 b8=Q
Kxf6 b4 g5 Kxd4 g6
h4 b4 h3 b5 h2 b6 h1=Q
Rxc2 Kxc2 f5 Kb1 f6 Kxa2 f7 Kb3 f8=Q
b5 a3 b6 Kb1 b7
a5 Rc3 a6 g6 a7
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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 800 is one that players rated around 800 solve roughly half the time. The puzzles on this page average 946, so they suit 800-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.