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Puzzle themes

Recommended

Healthy mix7,316

A bit of everything. You don't know what to expect, so you remain ready for anything! Just like in real games.

Phases

Opening763

A tactic during the first phase of the game.

Middlegame1,517

A tactic during the second phase of the game.

Endgame1,010

A tactic during the last phase of the game.

Motifs

Tsume4,026

Your goal is to checkmate your opponent. Every move you make has to be a check.

Fork138

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

Pin119

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

Sacrifice355

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

Striking pawn82

A tactitc involving dropping a pawn in front of opponent's piece and attacking it.

Joining pawn42

A tactic in which a pawn is sacrificially dropped in front of opponent's piece.

Edge attack82

A tactic involving attacking opponent's first or ninth file.

Mates

Mate5,107

Win the game with style.

Mate in 1926

Deliver checkmate in one move.

Mate in 33,268

Deliver checkmate in three moves.

Mate in 5625

Deliver checkmate in five moves.

Mate in 7279

Deliver checkmate in seven moves.

Mate in 9 or more9

Figure out a long mating sequence.

Goals

Equality267

Come back from a losing position, and secure a draw or a balanced position.

Advantage1,152

Seize your chance to get a decisive advantage.

Crushing790

Spot the opponent blunder to obtain a crushing advantage.

Mate5,107

Win the game with style.

Lengths

One-move puzzle926

A puzzle that is only one move long.

Short puzzle5,043

Three moves to win.

Long puzzle910

Five moves to win.

Very long puzzle437

Seven moves or more to win.

Origin

From Lishogi games3,290

Puzzles generated from games played on Lishogi.

From other sources4,026

Many thanks to everyone who submitted or allowed Lishogi to use these puzzles!

Player games

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