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♞ Fork Attack two or more pieces simultaneously 281,122 puzzles 📌 Pin Restrict a piece from moving because it would expose a more valuable piece 131,629 puzzles 🗡️ Skewer Attack a valuable piece that must move, exposing a piece behind it 48,532 puzzles 👁️ Discovered Attack Move one piece to reveal an attack from another 114,789 puzzles 💫 Discovered Check Move a piece aside to deliver check with the piece behind it 41,493 puzzles ✌️ Double Check Deliver check with two pieces simultaneously 12,774 puzzles 💎 Sacrifice Give up material for a tactical advantage 175,579 puzzles ↗️ Deflection Force a defending piece away from its duty 98,717 puzzles 🧲 Attraction Lure a piece to a square where it can be exploited 89,677 puzzles ⚖️ Overloaded Piece Capture or divert a piece that is defending more than it can cover 15,829 puzzles 🎪 Hanging Piece Capture an undefended piece 66,535 puzzles 🪤 Trapped Piece Win a piece that has no safe squares 25,679 puzzles ⚡ Zwischenzug Play an intermediate move before the expected recapture 25,117 puzzles 🚀 Clearance Move a piece to open a line or square for another 28,793 puzzles 🚧 Interference Block a line of defense by placing a piece in the way 8,357 puzzles 🔬 X-Ray Attack Attack through another piece 8,161 puzzles 🔒 Zugzwang Put the opponent in a position where any move worsens their position 21,188 puzzles 🤫 Quiet Move A subtle non-capturing move that creates a decisive threat 79,719 puzzles 🛡️ Defensive Move A move that defends against a threat while improving position 110,387 puzzles 🎯 Attacking f2 / f7 Strike at the weakest square in the opponent's camp 14,996 puzzles

1️⃣ Mate in 1 Find checkmate in one move 264,682 puzzles 2️⃣ Mate in 2 Find checkmate in two moves 278,280 puzzles 3️⃣ Mate in 3+ Find checkmate in three or more moves 99,720 puzzles 🏁 Back Rank Mate Checkmate on the first or eighth rank 53,032 puzzles 🫂 Smothered Mate Checkmate by a knight where the king is trapped by its own pieces 7,130 puzzles 🐴 Arabian Mate Checkmate with rook and knight 3,119 puzzles 🌹 Anastasia Mate Checkmate with rook and knight against a king on the edge 2,853 puzzles ✝️ Boden Mate Checkmate with two bishops on criss-crossing diagonals 1,403 puzzles ⛪ Double Bishop Mate Checkmate using two bishops 1,271 puzzles 🕊️ Dovetail Mate Queen mate where the king's escape squares are blocked by its own pieces 1,741 puzzles 🪝 Hook Mate Checkmate with rook, knight, and pawn pattern 4,072 puzzles 🏛️ Pillsbury Mate Checkmate with rook and bishop against a castled king 20,812 puzzles 🎭 Opera Mate Checkmate with rook and bishop on the back rank 20,902 puzzles 🎖️ Epaulette Mate Checkmate where the king is boxed in by its own rooks 8,031 puzzles 📐 Corner Mate Checkmate with rook and knight against a king in the corner 4,196 puzzles 🐦 Swallowtail Mate Queen mate where the king's only flight squares are self-blocked 3,146 puzzles 🔺 Triangle Mate Queen and supporting piece mate in a triangular pattern 3,146 puzzles 🎩 Morphy Mate Checkmate with bishop and rook against a fianchettoed king 2,674 puzzles 🐖 Blind Swine Mate Checkmate with two rooks on the seventh rank 2,447 puzzles 📦 Kill Box Mate Rook and queen mate boxing the king into a 3x3 square 2,217 puzzles 🔨 Vukovic Mate Checkmate with rook and knight supported against the edge 1,047 puzzles 🏹 Balestra Mate Checkmate with queen and bishop cutting off every escape 598 puzzles

👑 Promotion Advance a pawn to the eighth rank 51,882 puzzles 🐎 Under-promotion Promote to a knight, bishop or rook instead of a queen 614 puzzles ♟️ Advanced Pawn Use an advanced pawn to create threats 132,979 puzzles 👣 En Passant Puzzles involving en passant captures 2,667 puzzles 🏰 Castling Puzzles involving castling rights or moves 944 puzzles

👑 Exposed King Exploit an unprotected king position 69,197 puzzles ⚔️ Kingside Attack Launch an attack on the kingside 178,960 puzzles 🗡️ Queenside Attack Launch an attack on the queenside 31,730 puzzles

📖 Opening Tactics Tactical puzzles from the opening phase 105,265 puzzles ⚔️ Middlegame Tactics Tactical puzzles from the middlegame phase 909,545 puzzles 🎓 Endgame Technique Apply endgame principles to convert advantages 985,191 puzzles 🏰 Rook Endgame Endgames with rooks and pawns 105,764 puzzles ♙ Pawn Endgame Endgames decided by pawns and kings alone 74,346 puzzles ⛪ Bishop Endgame Endgames with bishops and pawns 27,172 puzzles 🐴 Knight Endgame Endgames with knights and pawns 16,925 puzzles 👸 Queen Endgame Endgames with queens and pawns 21,930 puzzles 🏯 Queen & Rook Endgame Endgames with queens and rooks on the board 13,894 puzzles

💥 Crushing Attack Find the move that wins decisively 777,089 puzzles 📈 Advantage Find the move that wins a clear advantage 572,439 puzzles ⚖️ Equality Find the move that equalizes the position 308 puzzles