nasin pi musi lili

ni li pona tawa sina

Healthy mix6,263,107

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

wan musi

open musi316,336

A tactic during the first phase of the game.

tenpo insa musi2,857,369

A tactic during the second phase of the game.

pini musi3,089,402

A tactic during the last phase of the game.

Rook endgame328,777

An endgame with only rooks and pawns.

Bishop endgame83,494

An endgame with only bishops and pawns.

pini pi jan utala222,624

pini musi li kama. jan utala taso li lon.

pini musi pi soweli tawa50,666

pini musi ni li jo taso e soweli tawa e jan utala.

Queen endgame71,179

An endgame with only queens and pawns.

Queen and Rook46,143

An endgame with only queens, rooks and pawns.

wan openo sona e mute »

kama ante

jan utala li kama wawa380,206

jan utala li kama ijo musi ante. anu la, ona li wile kama ijo musi ante.

o utala e f2 e f745,401

o utala tawa jan utala lon f2 anu f7.

o anpa e ijo pi awen ijo42,738

ijo musi li awen e ijo ante. sina anpa e ona la, ijo ante li awen ala. sina ken anpa e ijo ante lon tenpo tawa kama sina.

o open e nasin utala323,913

ijo musi li tawa, li open e nasin utala tawa ijo musi ante.

lawa mije li ken moli tan ijo tu32,568

ijo musi wan li tawa, li open e nasin utala tawa ijo musi ante. ijo musi tu li utala e lawa mije lon tenpo sama.

lawa mije li awen ala185,402

ijo musi pi mute lili li awen e lawa mije. ken mute la, lawa mije li kama moli.

utala pi nasin tu823,177

ijo musi wan li utala e ijo musi tu.

ijo musi pi awen ike248,583

jan ante li awen ala anu awen ike e ijo musi ona. o anpa e ijo musi ona!

Kingside attack537,211

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

ken tawa ala379,458

ijo musi li tawa la, ijo musi suli pi kule sama li ken anpa.

Queenside attack92,838

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

Sacrifice460,582

o weka e ijo musi lon tenpo ni tawa ni: kama pona li lon tenpo kama.

Skewer140,128

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 piece72,942

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

musi pi sona mute

Attraction222,674

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

Clearance81,042

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

Collinear move7,593

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 move374,302

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

Deflection269,772

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

Interference23,082

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.

Intermezzo77,834

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 move256,300

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 attack21,990

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

tawa ale li ike tawa jan ante63,090

jan ante li ken pali e tawa pi mute lili. tawa ale li ike tawa ona.

o moli e lawa mije

lawa mije li moli1,924,375

o anpa e lawa mije ante!

moli lon tenpo tawa 1886,890

o moli e lawa mije ante lon tenpo tawa wan.

moli lon tenpo tawa 2806,113

o moli e lawa mije ante lon tenpo tawa tu.

moli lon tenpo tawa 3196,348

o moli e lawa mije ante lon tenpo tawa tu wan.

moli lon tenpo tawa 428,811

o moli e lawa mije ante lon tenpo tawa tu tu.

moli lon tenpo tawa mute6,215

o lukin e linja tawa ni: lawa mije ante li moli lon tenpo tawa mute.

Mate themes

nasin moli Anastasia's mate7,386

A knight and rook or queen team up to trap the opposing king between the side of the board and a friendly piece.

Arabian mate7,379

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

Back rank mate205,373

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.

Boden's mate3,687

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 mate3,642

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

Dovetail mate4,020

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 mate10,556

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 mate23,971

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.

tawa suli

tawa pi "tomo awen"2,631

o awen e lawa mije sina. o tawa e tomo utala sina tawa ni: ona li ken utala e ijo ante.

En passant rights8,765

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.

kama wawa pi jan utala147,972

o wawa e jan utala sina.

Underpromotion1,154

Promotion to a knight, bishop, or rook.

pini ante

sama wawa pi nasin ijo43,030

nasin pi ijo musi sina li ike. taso, sina ken sama e ona tawa jan ante.

o wawa e nasin pi ijo musi sina1,864,181

ijo musi sina li ken kama lon nasin pona. ona li wawa tawa ijo musi ante.

tawa ike pi jan ante2,402,244

jan ante li pali e tawa ike. sina ken lukin e ona la, sina ken pali e tawa ni: ona li wawa e nasin pi ijo musi sina.

lawa mije li moli1,924,375

o anpa e lawa mije ante!

mute tawa

tawa wan taso934,148

musi lili ni la, o pali e tawa wan taso.

musi lili pi tenpo lili3,199,171

o kama pona lon tenpo tawa tu.

musi lili pi tenpo suli1,597,280

o kama pona lon tenpo tawa tu wan.

Very long puzzle503,231

Four moves or more to win.

musi tan pi musi lili

musi pi jan wawa824,373

musi lili tan musi pi jan wawa

musi pi jan wawa76,591

musi lili tan musi pi jan wawa

musi pi jan pi wawa mute3,241

musi lili tan musi pi jan pi wawa mute.

musi lili tan musi jan

musi lili ni li kama tan musi sina anu musi pi jan ante

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