Tactics Puzzles

These puzzles are positions from real games where one player had the chance to win if they found the right move(s). In each one your task is to find those moves. You won't play the whole game, just long enough to convince the computer you found the winning combination. They are intended to be bite sized fun and practice.

Be careful, at every step one move is clearly better (according to KingsRow) than every other and should win material or the game. Other winning moves are possible and may or may not give you a second chance but most moves will draw or lose. Your job is to play the most accurate winning line.

The settings page has options for difficutly, piece set, whether you play from the top or bottom, sound levels, etc. Check the user guide for more detailed instructions, or the forum for other questions.

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15178 Problems

1976 1130.7 61.2 2 0 100.0
1977 1080.1 55.7 1 0 100.0
1978 1740.7 105.6 3 0 0.0
1979 1450.4 33.4 4 1 100.0
1980 1119.4 53.6 3 1 100.0
1981 1277.8 42.3 5 0 100.0
1982 1279.9 43.7 4 0 20.0
1983 1823.9 93.3 6 0 0.0
1984 1818.2 123.9 5 0 0.0
1985 1790.5 106.3 3 0 0.0
1986 843.3 119.0 3 1 100.0
1987 1602.8 95.8 5 1 0.0
1988 1800.2 111.6 7 0 0.0
1989 1944.7 86.4 6 0 0.0
1990 1958.1 153.2 5 0 0.0
1991 1721.1 69.6 3 0 100.0
1992 1603.1 75.1 3 0 100.0
1993 1122.6 45.3 2 0 100.0
1994 1556.1 108.2 4 0 100.0
1995 1445.0 34.6 3 0 66.7
1996 1390.0 31.3 2 0 100.0
1997 1084.2 71.6 1 0 100.0
1998 1257.3 41.9 3 0 100.0
1999 1534.3 59.5 3 0 100.0
2000 1172.7 75.8 2 1 50.0