Master Chess Tactics with Puzzles from Real Tournament Games

"Chess is 99% tactics" — Richard Teichmann

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Updates to Puzzle Academy and Checkmate Armageddon: Following the recent major update of the website, we've added some new features to Puzzle Academy and improved the difficulty curve of Checkmate Armageddon.

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Master Chess Tactics with Puzzle Academy

  • Your personalized learning solution
  • Systematically learn key tactical motifs and master them through personalized workout sessions.
  • Tracks your progress and adapts to your strengths and weaknesses
  • Progress through an adaptable skill tree with 8 courses and over 200,000 puzzles
  • Experience a comprehensive curriculum, from fundamentals to advanced tactics and endgames
  • Master complex and beautiful combinations with multiple tactical motifs
  • Learn spectacular checkmate combinations by combining tactical motifs and checkmate patterns
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Get ready for real games with Puzzle Inception

  • Train your tactical alertness and positional evaluation
  • Learn when to look for tactics in real game situations
  • Evaluate positions without knowing if there's a tactic
  • Improve your in-game decision-making skills
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Boost your concentration with Puzzle Climb

  • Test your tactical abilities
  • Sharpen your focus
  • Don't rush
  • Master challenging puzzles
  • Climb the leaderboard
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Customize Your Training with Puzzle Filter

  • Select the difficulty
  • Master specific motifs like knight forks
  • Practice checkmate patterns, such as smothered mate
  • Explore tactics from your favorite openings
  • Unlock countless possibilities for personalized training
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Puzzle Practice

  • Sharpen your vision and calculation abilities
  • Receive a rating to monitor your progress
  • Puzzles tailored to your skill level
  • Enjoy beautiful chess puzzles
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  • Practice checkmate patterns
  • Fast-paced gameplay: High stakes action with every move
  • Beginners and experts alike can enjoy this adrenaline-pumping game mode
  • Climb the leaderboard
  • Unleash your inner chess hero and save the world from Armageddon
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ChessPuzzle.net - The Books

Based on the Puzzle Academy curriculum, I've written two books with chess puzzles: Beginner Chess Puzzles and Intermediate Chess Puzzles, published by Simon and Schuster.

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