Puzzle themes

Pick a pattern and practise just that.

• Mate in 1 puzzles - Finish it. (2,412 puzzles)
• Mate in 2 puzzles - Two moves. Forced. (2,733 puzzles)
• Mate in 3 puzzles - Three moves. No escape. (2,899 puzzles)
• Long mate puzzles (mate in 4+) - It is forced all the way down. Find it. (2,517 puzzles)
• Smothered mate puzzles - Their own pieces are the cage. (1,874 puzzles)
• Back rank mate puzzles - They never made luft. (2,531 puzzles)
• Famous checkmate patterns - This pattern is famous enough to be named. (2,912 puzzles)
• Hanging piece puzzles - Something is hanging. Take it. (2,902 puzzles)
• Fork puzzles - Hit two things at once. (2,852 puzzles)
• Pin and skewer puzzles - Line them up. (3,000 puzzles)
• Chess sacrifice puzzles - Give something up. Win more. (2,766 puzzles)
• Quiet move puzzles - No check. No capture. Still winning. (3,000 puzzles)
• Underpromotion puzzles - A queen is the wrong answer. (463 puzzles)
• Endgame puzzles - Few pieces. One path. (3,000 puzzles)
• Defensive chess puzzles - One move holds. Everything else loses. (2,785 puzzles)
• Save the draw puzzles - You are losing. Find the escape. (1,179 puzzles)
• Guess the grandmaster move - A grandmaster sat here. What did they play? (3,000 puzzles)
• Chess tactics puzzles - Find the winning move. (3,000 puzzles)