10 sacrifices rated between 1800 and 1999, averaging 1875. 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 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.
Nd2+ Qxd2 Rf1+ Qc1 Rfxc1#
Qxf7+ Rxf7 Rxc8+ Qd8 Rxd8+ Rf8 Rfxf8#
Qh7+ Kf8 Qh8+ Ke7 Qxd8+ Kxd8 dxe5+ Ke7 exf6+
Rh1+ Nxh1 Rxh1+ Kxh1 Qh4+ Kg1 Qh2+ Kf1 Qh1#
Bxh2+ Kxh2 Qh4+ Kg1 Rxe1+ Rxe1 Qxe1+
f4 gxf4 g5 hxg5 h6
Ng6+ hxg6 Rh3+ Bxh3 Qxh3+ Qh4 Qxh4#
Qxc3 Qxc3 b2
Rg6+ Kxh7 Qxf7+ Kh8 Rh6#
Rh7+ Kxh7 Qf7+ Kh8 Qxg8#
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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 1800 is one that players rated around 1800 solve roughly half the time. The puzzles on this page average 1875, 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.