10 trapped pieces rated between 2000 and 2199, averaging 2100. 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 trapped piece has no safe squares. It does not have to be attacked yet — the winning technique is to take away its escape squares first, then attack it with something it cannot trade with. Knights on the rim and queens that raided too early are the usual victims.
These are pitched at 2000-rated players. Puzzle ratings work like player ratings: a puzzle rated 2000 is one that players around 2000 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.
Rxf7 Qxf7 Nd6 Qxe7 Qxe7
g5 Qh5 Bd1 Rxd4 Bxh5
Bg6 Qxe5 fxe5 Rxf2 Bxf2
Kb2 Bxe4 Nxe4+
Nc3 Rxb2+ Kxb2
Re8 Rxd6 Rxd8
Nd7 Qxe6 Qxe6
Nxf3+ Ke4 Ng5+ Kf4 Nxh7 Na4 bxa4
fxe7 Re8 exf8=Q Rxe1+ Kf2 Rxf8 Kxe1
Kb4 e3 Kxa5
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A trapped piece has no safe squares. It does not have to be attacked yet — the winning technique is to take away its escape squares first, then attack it with something it cannot trade with. Knights on the rim and queens that raided too early are the usual victims.
Puzzle ratings work like player ratings. A puzzle rated 2000 is one that players rated around 2000 solve roughly half the time. The puzzles on this page average 2100, so they suit 2000-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.