10 trapped pieces rated between 2200 and 3500, averaging 2336. 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 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.
Kxh7 Rxh5+ Kg7 Rc5 bxc5
Rxe4+ Kf7 Rh4 Qxh4 Bxh4
g4 Qxf4 Rxf4
Qxh7 Qxc2 Qxg8
Qc3 Qe2 Re1 Qxe1 Qxe1
Nxe6 dxe6+ Kg6 Qxa8 Bxa8
Kf6 Rh5 Kg6 Rxh4 Rxh4
Nxf5 gxf5 Rc1 Qc4 Rxc4
Kc2 Rf6 Qd2 Rf8 Ra1 Qxa1 Rxa1
f3 Rxg3 fxe4
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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 2200+ is one that players rated around 2200+ solve roughly half the time. The puzzles on this page average 2336, 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.