Tactics Trainer
Train the tactical motifs you miss most often with targeted puzzles.
Middlegame
Middlegame
All-round middlegame puzzles that sharpen your calculation across every type of position.
Open From your gamesMiddlegame blunders
Replay the blunders you made in the middlegame of your own games — fast moves, time-trouble slips and missed mates excluded.
Open PersonalTheme trainers
Advanced pawn
Push, support and exploit a far-advanced pawn that's about to decide the game.
Open Theme trainerAttacking f2 / f7
Strike at the weakest square in the opponent's camp before they can castle to safety.
Open Theme trainerCapturing the defender
Remove the piece that holds it all together and the position collapses.
Open Theme trainerDiscovered attack
Move one piece to unleash the attack of another behind it — including discovered checks.
Open Theme trainerDouble check
Check with two pieces at once — the king has no choice but to run.
Open Theme trainerExposed king
Pounce on a king stripped of its cover and hunt it down.
Open Theme trainerFork
Hit two targets at once and win material with a single move.
Open Theme trainerHanging piece
Spot the undefended piece and grab it for free.
Open Theme trainerKingside attack
Throw your forces at the castled king and break through.
Open Theme trainerPin
Freeze a piece against something more valuable behind it, then pile on.
Open Theme trainerQueenside attack
Open lines on the queenside and turn the pressure into material.
Open Theme trainerSacrifice
Give up material now for a decisive attack or winning combination.
Open Theme trainerX-ray attack
Attack or defend through an enemy piece along the same line.
Open Theme trainerTrapped piece
Corner a piece that has no safe squares and win it.
Open Theme trainerAttraction
Lure an enemy piece onto a fatal square with a forcing move.
Open Theme trainerClearance
Vacate a key square or line so another piece can deliver the blow.
Open Theme trainerDefensive move
Find the precise defensive resource that holds the position together.
Open Theme trainerDeflection
Drag a defender away from its post and exploit the gap it leaves.
Open Theme trainerInterference
Interpose a piece to cut the line between two defenders.
Open Theme trainerIn-between move
Slip in an unexpected forcing move before the expected recapture.
Open Theme trainerQuiet move
No checks or captures — a calm move that quietly decides the position.
Open Theme trainerZugzwang
Hand your opponent the move and watch their position fall apart.
Open Theme trainerCastling
Spot the moment to castle into safety — or punish a king that stays in the centre.
Open Theme trainerEn passant
Use the special pawn capture to open lines, win material or land the decisive blow.
OpenMixed tactics challenge
Solve a shuffled mix of every tactics theme (own blunders excluded) without knowing which motif to look for. The theme is revealed after each puzzle, with a session breakdown of how you did.
Woodpecker training
Build one fixed set of puzzles from the themes and level you choose, then solve exactly the same set again and again. Every cycle your time and first-try accuracy are recorded, so you can see your progress across 5–7 repetitions.