Free chess tool
Rated chess puzzles that grow with you
Sharpen your tactical eye on 3,100+ ELO-rated puzzles that get harder as you improve. Train at your own pace, race the clock in Puzzle Rush, or solve the Daily Puzzle.
Free to use · no account required
Chess position, White to move. White has king on g1, queen on d1, rooks on a1 and f1, bishop on e2, knights on d2 and f3, pawns on a2, b2, c3, d4, e3, f2, g2 and h2. Black has king on g8, queen on a5, rooks on a8 and f8, bishop on e6, knight on c6, pawns on a7, b7, c5, d5, f7, g7 and h7. An arrow marks the move from f3 to e5.
What it does
Everything in the Puzzle Trainer
Adaptive difficulty
Your puzzle rating adjusts after every solve using the Elo formula — harder when you're on a roll, easier when you slip.
Puzzle Rush
Race the clock and solve as many as you can before time or mistakes run out. A fast, addictive way to drill pattern recognition.
Daily Puzzle
One hand-picked puzzle every day. A quick, no-pressure way to keep your streak alive and your eye sharp.
Global leaderboard
Every solve moves your rating on the public leaderboard. See where you rank and chase the podium.
Real game patterns
Puzzles are drawn from real games and tagged by theme, so you train the forks, pins, and mating nets you'll actually meet.
Learn from misses
Get the move wrong and you see the right idea immediately — the fastest feedback loop for stopping blunders.
How it works
Up and running in seconds
Pick a mode
Train at your rating, blitz through Puzzle Rush, or solve today's Daily Puzzle.
Find the move
Each puzzle has one best solution. Calculate it out before you touch a piece.
Watch your rating move
Solve and your rating climbs; miss and it dips — the puzzles retune to match you.
Keep the streak
Solve at least one a day to build a streak and lock the patterns into memory.
FAQ
Common questions
Are the puzzles free?
Yes. Free players get a generous daily allowance of puzzles; Premium removes the daily limit entirely. Guests can try a handful each day with no account.
How does the puzzle rating work?
Every puzzle has an Elo rating. When you solve one your rating goes up, when you miss it goes down, and the trainer serves puzzles near your level so they stay challenging but fair.
What is Puzzle Rush?
A timed mode where you solve as many puzzles as you can before the clock or your mistakes run out — great for drilling fast pattern recognition.
Is there a daily puzzle?
Yes. The Daily Puzzle is one hand-picked position each day — a quick way to keep your solving streak and your tactics warm.
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