Training
What does the move win?
First you find the first move, then comes the question: what do you win with it – mate, the queen, a rook, a piece or the exchange? So you learn to calculate a combination to its end.
How the drill works
- Find the first move of the puzzle.
- Then the question: what does it bring in the end?
- What counts is the material at the end of the solution, in pawns: queen 9, rook 5, piece 3, exchange 2 – after the opponent took back what they could.
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
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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.