10 x-ray attacks rated between 2200 and 3500, averaging 2372. 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 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.
Rxe2+ Kg1 Rxd8 Rxd8+ Kh7 Qd5 Qb1+ Qd1 Re1+ Qxe1 Qxe1+
Nb5+ Kd7 Rc7+ Bxc7 Qxc7+ Ke8 Re1+
Qc8+ Qc7 cxd5+ Kb6+ Nc4+ Qxc4+ Qxc4
Qb6+ Kh1 Rxf1+ Qxf1 Bxf1
Qe8+ Kh7 Ng5+ Rxg5 Rxg5
g5 fxg5 Bxg5 Kg8 h6
Bf5+ Kg3 Qf3+ Kh2 Qh3+ Kg1 Qg3+ Kf1 e3 Qxe3 Bd3+ Qxd3+ Qxd3+
Kh5 g4+ fxg4+ fxg4+ Qxg4#
Qb1+ Ka3 Rxd3+ cxd3 Qxd3+
Rxd1 Rxd1 Ra1 Qe1 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 2200+ is one that players rated around 2200+ solve roughly half the time. The puzzles on this page average 2372, 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.