Puzzle Themes

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A bep seurt6 252 527

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

Digoradur315 918

A tactic during the first phase of the game.

Kreiz ar c'hrogad2 852 983

A tactic during the second phase of the game.

Fin ar c'hrogad3 083 626

A tactic during the last phase of the game.

Rook endgame328 132

An endgame with only rooks and pawns.

Bishop endgame83 341

An endgame with only bishops and pawns.

Pawn endgame222 161

An endgame with only pawns.

Knight endgame50 567

An endgame with only knights and pawns.

Queen endgame70 991

An endgame with only queens and pawns.

Queen and Rook46 036

An endgame with only queens, rooks and pawns.

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Motifs

Advanced pawn379 449

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

Tagañ f2 pe f745 309

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

Capture the defender42 690

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

Discovered attack323 445

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 doubl32 503

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 king184 983

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

Forc'h821 929

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

Hanging piece248 218

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

Tagañ tu ar roue536 124

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

Tachañ378 879

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

Queenside attack92 632

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

Aberzh459 733

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

Skewer139 888

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 868

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

Advanced

Attraction222 247

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

Clearance80 926

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

Collinear move7 584

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 move373 704

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

Deflection269 312

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

Interference23 039

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.

Intermezzo77 748

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 move255 868

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 attack21 928

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

Zugzwang62 955

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

Mates

Lamm d'ar roue1 919 825

Win the game with style.

Mate in 1884 583

Deliver checkmate in one move.

Mate in 2804 345

Deliver checkmate in two moves.

Mate in 3195 947

Deliver checkmate in three moves.

Mate in 428 748

Deliver checkmate in four moves.

Mate in 5 or more6 204

Figure out a long mating sequence.

Mate themes

Lamm d'ar roue mod Ananastasia7 370

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 362

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

Back rank mate204 972

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 682

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

Corner mate10 787

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

Double bishop mate3 629

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

Lamm d'ar roue mod Dovetail4 013

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 531

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 134

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

Opera mate63 941

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 mate23 913

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 629

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

En passant rights8 755

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.

Promotion147 682

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

Underpromotion1 154

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 861 579

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

Crushing2 398 803

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

Lamm d'ar roue1 919 825

Win the game with style.

Lengths

One-move puzzle931 841

A puzzle that is only one move long.

Poelladenn verr3 194 565

Two moves to win.

Poelladenn hir1 594 448

Three moves to win.

Poelladenn hir-tre502 383

Four moves or more to win.

Mammenn

Master games823 119

Puzzles from games played by titled players.

Master vs Master games76 545

Puzzles from games between two titled players.

Super GM games3 240

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

Player games

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