10 x-ray attacks rated between 1800 and 1999, averaging 1888. 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 1800-rated players. Puzzle ratings work like player ratings: a puzzle rated 1800 is one that players around 1800 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.
Rd8 Kf4 d2 Rxd2 Rxd2
Qxh5+ Bh6 Bxg6+ Qxg6 Rf7+ Qxf7 Qxf7+
Rg5+ fxg5 Qxg5+ Rg2 Qxg2#
Kh3 Rg5 g4+ Rxg4 Rxg4
Rf2 Rxf2 Rxf2 Nxf3 Rxf3
Qxc8+ Rxc8 Rxc8#
Qe4+ Kf2 Qxb1 e6 g6 fxg6 Qxg6
Qxe1+ Rxe1 Rxe1+ Kg2 Rg1+
Qxc4 Qxc4 Rxc4
Qc6+ Kg3 Rxe8 dxe8=Q Qxe8
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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 1800 is one that players rated around 1800 solve roughly half the time. The puzzles on this page average 1888, so they suit 1800-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.