10 x-ray attacks rated between 1600 and 1799, averaging 1675. 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 1600-rated players. Puzzle ratings work like player ratings: a puzzle rated 1600 is one that players around 1600 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.
Nxe5+ Bxe5+ Bxe5
Qd1+ Rxd1 Rxd1+ Ne1 Rxe1+ Rf1 Rxf1#
Qxd8+ Rxd8 Rxd8+
Qg4+ Kf8 Qxc8+ Qd8 Qxd8+ Rxd8 Rxd8+
Qb2+ Qd2 Re2+ Qxe2 Qxe2+
Rxh6+ Kg7 Qxb6 Rxb6 Rxb6
Qxg8+ Rxg8 Rxg8#
Qc8+ Rxc8 Rxc8+ Qd8 Rxd8#
Re8+ Ne6 Rxe6+ Kf3 Re3+ Qxe3 Qxe3#
Bxg7+ Rxg7 Rxg7 Qxd3+ Ka1
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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 1600 is one that players rated around 1600 solve roughly half the time. The puzzles on this page average 1675, so they suit 1600-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.