Chess Instruction - Improve Your Tactics
Tactical puzzles are great practice even when you only have a few spare minutes. A specific position may never occur in your game, but the theme definitely will. Be prepared!
Chess Puzzles by GMs
Puzzles from the games of top GMs. Match wits with the best players of all time.
Puzzles from the games of top GMs. Match wits with the best players of all time.
Chess Tactics for Amateurs
Common tactical positions organized by motif. 'Look across the table at your opponent. The first thing to notice is that your opponent is neither Kasparov nor Karpov.'
Common tactical positions organized by motif. 'Look across the table at your opponent. The first thing to notice is that your opponent is neither Kasparov nor Karpov.'
Chess Tactics Server (CTS)
'Tactical chess problems with a degree of difficulty ranging from trivial to ambitious are provided to be solved against the clock. Your tactical performance will be measured by the Glicko rating system. The problems are rated too.'
'Tactical chess problems with a degree of difficulty ranging from trivial to ambitious are provided to be solved against the clock. Your tactical performance will be measured by the Glicko rating system. The problems are rated too.'
Chess Tactics Trainer
Puzzle positions for beginning players graded by difficulty. Good practice.
Puzzle positions for beginning players graded by difficulty. Good practice.
Chess Tempo
'A website dedicated to helping chess players improve their game.'
'A website dedicated to helping chess players improve their game.'
Chess Training
Download zipped Chessbase files. Later lessons also in PGN. 'Sample Page' has puzzles online.
Download zipped Chessbase files. Later lessons also in PGN. 'Sample Page' has puzzles online.
ChessKit.com
See 'Fen Kit' for puzzles. 'A huge database of FEN positions linked to our Online Chess Program!'
See 'Fen Kit' for puzzles. 'A huge database of FEN positions linked to our Online Chess Program!'
DejaScacchi
'Thousands of positions which were primarily taken from actual played games. Each of the tactical combinations was either played on the board in an actual match or could have been played as a different variation.'
'Thousands of positions which were primarily taken from actual played games. Each of the tactical combinations was either played on the board in an actual match or could have been played as a different variation.'
Easy Chess
Daily prize chess problem, weekly multiple choice quiz, monthly classic game test, and more.
Daily prize chess problem, weekly multiple choice quiz, monthly classic game test, and more.
Manolis Stratakis Chess Problems
'Nice and Unusual Puzzles, Spectacular Openings / Miniatures Gallery, and Famous Games / Checkmates Gallery'.
'Nice and Unusual Puzzles, Spectacular Openings / Miniatures Gallery, and Famous Games / Checkmates Gallery'.
Mr. Mip's Chess Palace
Includes an interactive chess puzzle engine that allows you to test your rating for solving one & two move problems and other chess material. 'Feel free to roam around and visit my following Galleries: Are You Pignorant?, Mipso Facto Puzzle Engine' [more++]
Includes an interactive chess puzzle engine that allows you to test your rating for solving one & two move problems and other chess material. 'Feel free to roam around and visit my following Galleries: Are You Pignorant?, Mipso Facto Puzzle Engine' [more++]
PDB Server
Chess Problem Database Server; 'Please support the PDB project and help to make the database more valuable by contributing your own collection of chess problems!'
Chess Problem Database Server; 'Please support the PDB project and help to make the database more valuable by contributing your own collection of chess problems!'
Predator at the Chessboard
'A Field Guide to Chess Tactics. This site reveals the mysteries of chess in plain words and in progressive detail.'
'A Field Guide to Chess Tactics. This site reveals the mysteries of chess in plain words and in progressive detail.'
ProfessorChess.com
Prof. Chester Nuhmentz, Jr. (Accent on '-ter' = 'Chess tournaments, Jr.'); see 'Online Chess Quizzes'.
Prof. Chester Nuhmentz, Jr. (Accent on '-ter' = 'Chess tournaments, Jr.'); see 'Online Chess Quizzes'.