Puzzle Themes

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A bep seurt6 501 855

A bep seurt. N'ouzit ket petra gortoz hag e mod-se e voc'h prest evit pep tra! Heñvel ouzh ar c'hrogadoù gwir.

Phases

Digoradur325 470

A tactic during the first phase of the game.

Kreiz ar c'hrogad2 960 170

A tactic during the second phase of the game.

Fin ar c'hrogad3 216 215

A tactic during the last phase of the game.

Rook endgame341 587

An endgame with only rooks and pawns.

Bishop endgame86 584

An endgame with only bishops and pawns.

Pawn endgame231 958

An endgame with only pawns.

Knight endgame52 604

An endgame with only knights and pawns.

Queen endgame74 175

An endgame with only queens and pawns.

Queen and Rook47 962

An endgame with only queens, rooks and pawns.

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Motifs

Advanced pawn395 023

One of your pawns is deep into the opponent position, maybe threatening to promote.

Tagañ f2 pe f747 058

An attack focusing on the f2 or f7 pawn, such as in the fried liver opening.

Capture the defender43 795

Removing a piece that is critical to defence of another piece, allowing the now undefended piece to be captured on a following move.

Discovered attack333 901

Moving a piece (such as a knight), that previously blocked an attack by a long range piece (such as a rook), out of the way of that piece.

Bec'h d'ar roue doubl33 797

Checking with two pieces at once, as a result of a discovered attack where both the moving piece and the unveiled piece attack the opponent's king.

Exposed king192 717

A tactic involving a king with few defenders around it, often leading to checkmate.

Forc'h849 816

A move where a piece attacks two or more opposing pieces simultaneously.

Hanging piece256 138

A tactic involving an opponent piece being undefended or insufficiently defended and free to capture.

Tagañ tu ar roue558 092

An attack of the opponent's king, after they castled on the king side.

Tachañ391 726

A tactic involving pins, where a piece is unable to move without revealing an attack on a higher value piece.

Queenside attack96 507

An attack of the opponent's king, after they castled on the queen side.

Aberzh477 855

A tactic involving giving up material in the short-term, to gain an advantage again after a forced sequence of moves.

Skewer145 283

A motif involving a high value piece being attacked, moving out the way, and allowing a lower value piece behind it to be captured or attacked, the inverse of a pin.

Trapped piece74 656

A piece is unable to escape capture as it has limited moves.

Advanced

Attraction231 197

An exchange or sacrifice encouraging or forcing an opponent piece to a square that allows a follow-up tactic.

Clearance83 780

A move, often with tempo, that clears a square, file or diagonal for a follow-up tactical idea.

Collinear move7 873

Two opposing pieces face each other, and one slides along the line of attack without capturing the enemy piece.

Discovered check108 802

Move a piece to reveal a check from a hidden attacking piece, which often leads to a decisive advantage.

Defensive move386 660

A precise move or sequence of moves that is needed to avoid losing material or another advantage.

Deflection279 305

A move that distracts an opposing piece from another duty that it performs, such as guarding a key square. Sometimes also called "overloading".

Interference23 813

Moving a piece between two opponent pieces to leave one or both opponent pieces undefended, such as a knight on a defended square between two rooks.

Intermezzo80 041

Instead of playing the expected move, first interpose another move posing an immediate threat that the opponent must answer. Also known as "Zwischenzug" or "In between".

Quiet move265 350

A move that does not check, capture, or create an immediate threat to capture. Instead, it prepares a hidden and unavoidable threat for a later move.

X-Ray attack22 826

A piece attacks or defends a square, through an enemy piece.

Zugzwang65 750

The opponent is limited in the moves they can make, and all moves worsen their position.

Mates

Lamm d'ar roue2 007 996

Win the game with style.

Mate in 1928 984

Deliver checkmate in one move.

Mate in 2838 266

Deliver checkmate in two moves.

Mate in 3204 243

Deliver checkmate in three moves.

Mate in 430 035

Deliver checkmate in four moves.

Mate in 5 or more6 470

Figure out a long mating sequence.

Mate themes

Lamm d'ar roue mod Ananastasia7 697

A knight and rook or queen team up to trap the opposing king between the side of the board and a friendly piece.

Lamm d'ar roue mod Arabia7 724

A knight and a rook team up to trap the opposing king on a corner of the board.

Back rank mate213 013

Checkmate the king on the home rank, when it is trapped there by its own pieces.

Balestra mate1 368

A bishop delivers the checkmate, while a queen blocks the remaining escape squares

Blind Swine mate6 361

Two rooks team up to mate the king in an area of 2 by 2 squares.

Lamm d'ar roue mod Boden3 843

Two attacking bishops on criss-crossing diagonals deliver mate to a king obstructed by friendly pieces.

Corner mate10 780

Confine the king to the corner using a rook or queen, and use a knight to deliver the checkmate.

Double bishop mate3 819

Two attacking bishops on adjacent diagonals deliver mate to a king obstructed by friendly pieces.

Lamm d'ar roue mod Dovetail4 178

A queen delivers mate to an adjacent king, whose only two escape squares are obstructed by friendly pieces.

Epaulette mate22 645

Two adjacent escape squares for a checked king are occupied by other pieces.

Hook mate11 052

Checkmate using a rook, knight, and pawn, where an opposing pawn blocks the king's escape.

Kill box mate5 519

A rook is next to the enemy king and supported by a queen that also blocks the king's escape squares. The rook and the queen catch the enemy king in a 3 by 3 "kill box".

Pillsbury's mate67 644

A rook delivers checkmate to the king, while a bishop helps confine it.

Morphy's mate7 132

A bishop delivers checkmate to the king, while a rook helps confine it.

Opera mate63 940

Check the king with a rook and use a bishop to defend the rook.

Swallow's tail mate8 398

A checkmate pattern that visually resembles the appearance of a swallow’s tail, similar to a V shape.

Triangle mate7 854

The queen and rook, one square away from the enemy king, are on the same rank or file, separated by one square, forming a triangle.

Vuković mate2 487

A rook and knight team up to mate the king. The rook delivers mate while supported by a third piece, and the knight is used to block the king's escape squares.

Smothered mate25 095

A checkmate delivered by a knight in which the mated king is unable to move because it is surrounded (or smothered) by its own pieces.

Special moves

Rokañ2 689

Gwarezit ho roue ha kasit ho tour d'an emgann.

En ur dremen9 046

A tactic involving the en passant rule, where a pawn can capture an opposing pawn that has just moved next to it with its initial two-square move.

Promotion153 812

Promote one of your pawns to a queen, rook or minor piece.

Underpromotion1 189

Promotion to a knight, bishop, or rook.

Palioù

Equality43 030

Come back from a losing position, and secure a draw or a balanced position. (eval ≤ 200cp)

Advantage1 910 830

Seize your chance to get a decisive advantage. (200cp ≤ eval ≤ 600cp)

Crushing2 485 880

Spot the opponent blunder to obtain a crushing advantage. (eval ≥ 600cp)

Lamm d'ar roue2 007 996

Win the game with style.

Lengths

One-move puzzle976 242

A puzzle that is only one move long.

Poelladenn verr3 292 588

Two moves to win.

Poelladenn hir1 657 782

Three moves to win.

Poelladenn hir-tre521 124

Four moves or more to win.

Mammenn

Master games850 727

Puzzles from games played by titled players.

Master vs Master games77 880

Puzzles from games between two titled players.

Super GM games3 296

Puzzles from games played by the best players in the world.

Player games

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