10 sacrifices rated between 2200 and 3500, averaging 2363. 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 2200+-rated players. Puzzle ratings work like player ratings: a puzzle rated 2200+ is one that players around 2200+ 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.
Rgh8 Ng3 Rh1+ Nxh1 Bh2#
Be5+ Rxe5 Qf4+ g3 Qxe5 Qxe5 Rxe5
b6 axb6 cxb6 Ke6 Ba6 bxa6 b7
Re8+ Nxe8 Rxe8+ Kg7 f6+ Kg6 Rg8#
Qxa3 Rxe1 Qb4+ Ka1 Qxe1+
Rxf7+ Rxf7 Qxg6+
Qh4+ Kg1 Qh1+ Kxh1 Ng3+ Kg1 Rh1#
Qe3+ Kh1 Nf2+ Rxf2 Qc1+ Bd1 Qxd1+ Re1 Qxe1+ Rf1 Qxf1#
Qh3+ Qg2 Nxg3+ fxg3 Rf6+ Ke2 Qxg2+
Qf5 Nxe1 Rxe1 g6 Qxe6+
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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 2200+ is one that players rated around 2200+ solve roughly half the time. The puzzles on this page average 2363, so they suit 2200+-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.