10 x-ray attacks rated between 800 and 999, averaging 929. 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 800-rated players. Puzzle ratings work like player ratings: a puzzle rated 800 is one that players around 800 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.
Qd1+ Rxd1 Rxd1#
Qxd1+ Rxd1 Rxd1#
Qxe1+ Rxe1 Rxe1#
Rxd8+ Bxd8 Bxd8
Qxf1+ Rxf1 Rxf1#
Qe8+ Rf8 Qxf8+ Rxf8 Rxf8#
Qxe8+ Rxe8 Rxe8#
Re8+ Rf8 Rxf8+ Rxf8 Qxf8#
Rg8+ Bxg8 Qxg8#
Qxe1+ Rxe1 Rxe1+ Nf1 Rxf1#
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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 800 is one that players rated around 800 solve roughly half the time. The puzzles on this page average 929, so they suit 800-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.