Apadana · Puzzles from the games
WorksheetEvery click puts together 20 new puzzles of Alexander Onischuk at random to print – or 10, 30 or 40, 10 a page, with a page of solutions if you like.As a PDF: choose “Save as PDF” in the print window of the browser.Alexander Onischuk
Peak rating 2701. 58 puzzles from master games.
How the puzzles work
One move is clearly the best – Stockfish checked every solution. Once solved, the players and the tournament stand below the board: a click opens chesstoteles, where the whole game can be played through. More in the guide
ForkPinSkewerDiscovered attackDouble checkDeflectionDecoyOverloadingClearanceIntermezzoMate in 1Mate in 2–3Back-rank mateSmothered mateAnastasia's mateArabian mateBoden's mateEpaulette mateKiss of deathCorridor mateSwallow’s tail mateHook mateMorphy’s matePillsbury’s mateBlackburne’s mateAnderssen’s mateDamiano’s mateGreco’s mateLolli’s mateMax Lange’s mateCozio’s mateMayet’s mateVuković’s mateDavid and Goliath mateOpera mateRéti’s mateLégal’s mateSacrificePromotionMate in 4 or moreWinning materialI · PupilII · GuardianIII · SatrapIV · VizierV · ShahVan Geet OpeningNimzo-Larsen AttackBird OpeningZukertort OpeningKing's Indian AttackRéti OpeningEnglish OpeningEnglund GambitRat DefenseModern DefenseBenoni DefenseIndian DefenseMarienbad SystemQueen's Pawn GameOld Indian DefenseBenko Gambit DeclinedBenko Gambit AcceptedDutch DefenseNimzowitsch DefenseScandinavian DefenseAlekhine DefensePirc DefenseCaro-Kann DefenseSicilian DefenseFrench DefenseKing's Pawn GameCenter GameBishop's OpeningVienna GameKing's Gambit DeclinedKing's Gambit AcceptedLatvian GambitPhilidor DefensePetrov's DefenseScotch GameThree Knights OpeningFour Knights GameItalian GameRuy LopezBlackmar-Diemer Gambit AcceptedRichter-Veresov AttackQueen's Gambit DeclinedSlav DefenseQueen's Gambit AcceptedSemi-Slav DefenseTarrasch DefenseNeo-Grünfeld DefenseGrünfeld DefenseCatalan OpeningBlumenfeld CountergambitBogo-Indian DefenseQueen's Indian DefenseQueen's Indian Defense, with e3Nimzo-Indian DefenseKing's Indian Defense
Loading the puzzle …
VideoEvery puzzle plays its solution by itself, after a short pause the next one comes – to watch and learn.Click: start · again: stopStop the videoNo further puzzle – a solution half played is taken back, the puzzle stands to be solved.