Chess tactics

Each theme is a tag from the public puzzle database. The page explains the idea and then deals puzzles that carry the tag. Theme pages with a written definition are indexed. A theme that only has the tag name is kept out of the index.

Advanced pawn382,793 in the source databaseAnastasia's mate7,524 in the source databaseArabian mate7,560 in the source databaseAttacking f2 or f745,211 in the source databaseAttraction223,373 in the source databaseBack rank mate208,093 in the source databaseBalestra mate1,364 in the source databaseBishop endgame84,339 in the source databaseBlind swine mate6,361 in the source databaseBoden's mate3,762 in the source databaseCapture the defender40,208 in the source databaseCastling tactic2,502 in the source databaseCheckmate puzzles1,957,166 in the source databaseClearance81,110 in the source databaseCollinear move7,812 in the source databaseCorner mate10,782 in the source databaseDefensive move371,388 in the source databaseDeflection266,651 in the source databaseDiscovered attack311,174 in the source databaseDiscovered check108,796 in the source databaseDouble bishop mate3,750 in the source databaseDouble check32,210 in the source databaseDovetail mate4,046 in the source databaseEn passant tactic8,655 in the source databaseEpaulette mate22,646 in the source databaseExposed king185,240 in the source databaseFork788,760 in the source databaseHanging piece224,023 in the source databaseHook mate10,729 in the source databaseInterference22,183 in the source databaseIntermezzo73,668 in the source databaseKill box mate5,440 in the source databaseKingside attack538,447 in the source databaseKnight endgame51,202 in the source databaseMorphy's mate7,133 in the source databaseOpera mate63,940 in the source databasePawn endgame228,245 in the source databasePillsbury's mate67,644 in the source databasePin369,437 in the source databasePromotion148,209 in the source databaseQueen and rook endgame46,542 in the source databaseQueen endgame71,996 in the source databaseQueenside attack93,384 in the source databaseQuiet move257,722 in the source databaseRook endgame332,033 in the source databaseSacrifice464,256 in the source databaseSkewer136,176 in the source databaseSmothered mate24,332 in the source databaseSwallow's tail mate8,397 in the source databaseTrapped piece67,547 in the source databaseTriangle mate7,741 in the source databaseUnderpromotion1,133 in the source databaseVukovic mate2,445 in the source databaseX-ray attack21,947 in the source databaseZugzwang64,450 in the source database