10 x-ray attacks rated between 1200 and 1399, averaging 1271. 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.
An x-ray attack works through a piece rather than around it: your piece defends or attacks a square with an enemy piece sitting on the line. When that piece moves or is traded, the x-ray becomes a direct hit.
These are pitched at 1200-rated players. Puzzle ratings work like player ratings: a puzzle rated 1200 is one that players around 1200 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.
Qxc8+ Rxc8 Rxc8+ Qd8 Rxd8#
Rd1+ Qxd1 Qxd1#
Rf1+ Rxf1 Qxf1#
Qxd6 Qxd6 Rxd6
Qf8+ Rxf8 Rxf8#
Qxe1+ Rxe1 Rxe1+ Qg1 Rxg1+
Qxc1+ Rxc1 Rxc1+
Qxd1+ Rxd1 Rxd1#
Rxa4+ bxa4 Qxa4#
Qxe1+ Rxe1 Rxe1#
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An x-ray attack works through a piece rather than around it: your piece defends or attacks a square with an enemy piece sitting on the line. When that piece moves or is traded, the x-ray becomes a direct hit.
Puzzle ratings work like player ratings. A puzzle rated 1200 is one that players rated around 1200 solve roughly half the time. The puzzles on this page average 1271, so they suit 1200-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.