10 x-ray attacks rated between 2000 and 2199, averaging 2093. 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 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.
Qc1+ Rxc1 Rxc1+ Qd1 Rxd1#
Qxh2+ Bxh2 Bxh2+
Qc2+ Kf1 Nh2+ Qxh2 Qxh2
Ra8 Qb7 Rhb8 bxc6+ Kd8 Ba5 Rxb7 cxb7 Bxb7
Qxh2+ Bxh2 Bxh2+
Bxd4+ Kh1 Qxb2 Qxb2 Bxb2
Qd8 Qd5 Qxc7 Rxc7 Rxc7
Nxe8+ Rxe8 Rxe8
Qxd5 Qxd5+ Bxd5
Kh3 Rg5 g4+ Rxg4 Rxg4
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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 2000 is one that players rated around 2000 solve roughly half the time. The puzzles on this page average 2093, 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.