10 sacrifices 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 sacrifice gives up material for something concrete: a mating attack, a decisive pawn, or a position the opponent cannot hold. The distinction that matters is between a sacrifice you can calculate to a finish and one you cannot — these puzzles are the first kind, so every line can be verified to the end.
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.
Rh1+ Kxh1 Qh7+ Rh5 Qxh5+ Kg1 Qh2+ Kf1 Qh1#
Qg2+ Kxh4 Qh2#
Qg7+ Rxg7 hxg7+ Kg8 Rh8#
Rxc2 Qxc2 Be4
Re1+ Bxe1 Rxe1+ Kh2 Rh1#
Qxb2+ Kxb2 Nxd3+ Kb3 Nxe1
Rf7 Qxf7 Re7+ Kb8 Rxf7
Qxg2+ Rxg2 Re1+ Rg1 Rxg1#
Bb6 Rxc8 Bxe3+ Kd1 Kxc8
Qxe1+ Rxe1 Nf3+ Kf1 Nxh4
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A sacrifice gives up material for something concrete: a mating attack, a decisive pawn, or a position the opponent cannot hold. The distinction that matters is between a sacrifice you can calculate to a finish and one you cannot — these puzzles are the first kind, so every line can be verified to the end.
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.