Puzzle Themes

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A bep seurt6 404 540

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

Digoradur321 447

A tactic during the first phase of the game.

Kreiz ar c'hrogad2 917 156

A tactic during the second phase of the game.

Fin ar c'hrogad3 165 937

A tactic during the last phase of the game.

Rook endgame335 929

An endgame with only rooks and pawns.

Bishop endgame85 202

An endgame with only bishops and pawns.

Pawn endgame227 999

An endgame with only pawns.

Knight endgame51 704

An endgame with only knights and pawns.

Queen endgame72 920

An endgame with only queens and pawns.

Queen and Rook47 181

An endgame with only queens, rooks and pawns.

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Motifs

Advanced pawn388 341

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

Tagañ f2 pe f746 390

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

Capture the defender43 182

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

Discovered attack329 112

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 284

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 king189 376

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

Forc'h836 023

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

Hanging piece252 593

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

Tagañ tu ar roue549 224

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

Tachañ385 894

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

Queenside attack94 950

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

Aberzh469 972

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

Skewer142 857

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 piece73 691

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

Advanced

Attraction227 251

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

Clearance82 461

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

Collinear move7 736

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

Discovered check108 804

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

Defensive move380 761

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

Deflection274 992

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

Interference23 461

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.

Intermezzo78 913

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 move261 066

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 430

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

Zugzwang64 596

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

Mates

Lamm d'ar roue1 974 121

Win the game with style.

Mate in 1912 293

Deliver checkmate in one move.

Mate in 2825 000

Deliver checkmate in two moves.

Mate in 3200 956

Deliver checkmate in three moves.

Mate in 429 487

Deliver checkmate in four moves.

Mate in 5 or more6 387

Figure out a long mating sequence.

Mate themes

Lamm d'ar roue mod Ananastasia7 573

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 586

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

Back rank mate209 848

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 778

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

Corner mate10 783

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

Double bishop mate3 745

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

Lamm d'ar roue mod Dovetail4 111

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

Epaulette mate22 648

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

Hook mate10 859

Checkmate with a rook, knight, and pawn along with one enemy pawn to limit the enemy 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 645

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

Morphy's mate7 133

Use the bishop to check the king, while your rook helps to 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 mate24 608

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 652

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

En passant rights8 902

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.

Promotion151 175

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

Underpromotion1 173

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 893 208

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

Crushing2 440 227

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

Lamm d'ar roue1 974 121

Win the game with style.

Lengths

One-move puzzle959 551

A puzzle that is only one move long.

Poelladenn verr3 250 074

Two moves to win.

Poelladenn hir1 628 738

Three moves to win.

Poelladenn hir-tre512 223

Four moves or more to win.

Mammenn

Master games839 997

Puzzles from games played by titled players.

Master vs Master games77 317

Puzzles from games between two titled players.

Super GM games3 283

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

Player games

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