10 skewers rated between 1400 and 1599, averaging 1451. 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 skewer is a pin turned around: the valuable piece is in front, and when it moves the piece behind it falls. Skewers usually appear on open lines and long diagonals, which is why they are far more common in the endgame than in the opening.
These are pitched at 1400-rated players. Puzzle ratings work like player ratings: a puzzle rated 1400 is one that players around 1400 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.
Rd1+ Kc2 R8d2+ Kc3 Rc1+ Kxd2 Rxc5
Kf6 Ke8 Ra8+ Kd7 Rxg8
Rxh4 Rf3 Rh1+ Kf2 Rxd1 Rxd1 Nh5
Rd3 Rxd3 cxd3 a7 d1=Q a8=Q Qh1+ Ke3 Qxa8
Qg8+ Kd6 Qxc4
Rxe1 Rxe1+ Kh2 Be5+ Qxe5 Rxe5 Ra8+ Kf7 Rf8+ Ke6 Rxf2
Bc6+ Ke5 Bxg2
Bb4+ Kd3 Rd2+ Ke4 Rxd7
Rc8+ Ke7 Re8+ Kxd7 Rxe1
Rc1+ Kd7 Rc7+ Ke8 Rxe7+
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A skewer is a pin turned around: the valuable piece is in front, and when it moves the piece behind it falls. Skewers usually appear on open lines and long diagonals, which is why they are far more common in the endgame than in the opening.
Puzzle ratings work like player ratings. A puzzle rated 1400 is one that players rated around 1400 solve roughly half the time. The puzzles on this page average 1451, so they suit 1400-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.