Tactic basics
Master the everyday tactics — forks, pins, skewers and discovered attacks — shared by all chess.
58 puzzles · from 600
Puzzles in this path
Fork: bishop to e3
Fork: knight to g5
Skewer: rook to h8
Mate in 2: pin on d8
Fork: knight to d5
Fork: knight to c5
Fork: knight to e2
Fork: knight to e7
Skewer: rook to a3
Fork: knight to e2 (c3)
Skewer: rook to b1
Fork: knight to d4
Fork: knight to d4 (b3)
Skewer: rook to g4
Fork: knight to e7 (c6)
Skewer: rook to a5
Discovered attack: bishop to h7
Fork: knight to e6
Back-rank mate in 2 on d1 (d4)
Fork: knight to c4
Fork: knight to d2
Fork: bishop to d5
Mate in 2: fork on e1
Discovered attack: bishop to d4
Fork: knight to d7
Fork: rook to f4
Fork: rook to g3
Fork: knight to b3
Fork: knight to d4 (c2)
Back-rank mate in 2 on b1 (b3)
Fork: knight to e2 (d4)
Fork: knight to e6 (g5)
Back-rank mate in 2 on a1 (a3)
Fork: bishop to e6
Fork: knight to b3 (d2)
Fork: bishop to f7
Discovered attack: bishop to f2
Fork: knight to e2 (f4)
Fork: knight to e2 (c3·2)
Fork: knight to f5
Fork: rook to e5
Mate in 2: fork on d1
Fork: bishop to c5
Fork: knight to c5 (e6)
Skewer: rook to h1
Fork: knight to d3
Fork: knight to f3
Discovered attack: bishop to h2
Fork: knight to e7 (c6·2)
Fork: rook to e8
Fork: knight to d4 (c2·2)
Fork: knight to f4
Skewer: bishop to g5
Fork: knight to e2 (g3)
Fork: knight to c6
Fork: bishop to c5 (e7)
Skewer: rook to d2
Fork: knight to e3