Puzzle Themes

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A bep seurt6 159 992

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

Digoradur312 456

A tactic during the first phase of the game.

Kreiz ar c'hrogad2 814 103

A tactic during the second phase of the game.

Fin ar c'hrogad3 033 433

A tactic during the last phase of the game.

Rook endgame322 473

An endgame with only rooks and pawns.

Bishop endgame82 022

An endgame with only bishops and pawns.

Pawn endgame218 024

An endgame with only pawns.

Knight endgame49 732

An endgame with only knights and pawns.

Queen endgame69 617

An endgame with only queens and pawns.

Queen and Rook45 199

An endgame with only queens, rooks and pawns.

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Motifs

Advanced pawn373 080

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

Tagañ f2 pe f744 531

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

Capture the defender42 333

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

Discovered attack319 309

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 doubl31 949

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 king181 898

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

Forc'h811 569

A move where the moved piece attacks two opponent pieces at once.

Hanging piece245 005

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

Tagañ tu ar roue526 633

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

Tachañ373 867

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

Queenside attack90 944

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

Aberzh452 210

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

Skewer137 776

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 piece72 231

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

Advanced

Attraction218 631

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

Clearance79 855

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

Collinear move7 235

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

Discovered check108 808

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

Defensive move368 703

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

Deflection265 175

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

Interference22 770

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.

Intermezzo76 892

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 move252 095

A move that does neither make a check or capture, nor an immediate threat to capture, but does prepare a more hidden unavoidable threat for a later move.

X-Ray attack21 565

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

Zugzwang61 743

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

Mates

Lamm d'ar roue1 880 084

Win the game with style.

Mate in 1864 307

Deliver checkmate in one move.

Mate in 2789 205

Deliver checkmate in two moves.

Mate in 3192 312

Deliver checkmate in three moves.

Mate in 428 190

Deliver checkmate in four moves.

Mate in 5 or more6 072

Figure out a long mating sequence.

Mate themes

Lamm d'ar roue mod Ananastasia7 239

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 196

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

Back rank mate201 364

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 602

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

Corner mate10 788

Confine the king to the corner using a rook or queen and a knight to engage the checkmate.

Double bishop mate3 547

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

Lamm d'ar roue mod Dovetail3 947

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

Epaulette mate22 656

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

Hook mate10 290

Checkmate with a rook, knight, and pawn along with one enemy pawn to limit the enemy king's escape.

Kill box mate5 520

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 648

The rook delivers checkmate, while the bishop helps to confine it.

Morphy's mate7 135

Use the bishop to check the king, while your rook helps to confine it.

Opera mate63 942

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.

Vukovic 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 mate23 409

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 604

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

En passant rights8 619

A tactic involving the en passant rule, where a pawn can capture an opponent pawn that has bypassed it using its initial two-square move.

Promotion145 166

Promote one of your pawn to a queen or minor piece.

Underpromotion1 140

Promotion to a knight, bishop, or rook.

Palioù

Equality43 029

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

Advantage1 838 421

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

Crushing2 369 078

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

Lamm d'ar roue1 880 084

Win the game with style.

Lengths

One-move puzzle911 565

A puzzle that is only one move long.

Poelladenn verr3 154 176

Two moves to win.

Poelladenn hir1 569 508

Three moves to win.

Poelladenn hir-tre495 363

Four moves or more to win.

Mammenn

Master games814 012

Puzzles from games played by titled players.

Master vs Master games76 137

Puzzles from games between two titled players.

Super GM games3 223

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

Player games

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