Tactic basics
Master the everyday tactics — forks, pins, skewers and discovered attacks — shared by all chess.
120 puzzles · from 600
Puzzles in this path
Fork: bishop to e3 (c5)
Fork: knight to d4 (b3)
Fork: rook to f4
Fork: knight to f5 (d6)
Fork: knight to f4 (d5·3)
Discovered attack: knight to f6 (e4·4)
Mate in 1: discovered attack on f7
Fork: knight to e7 (g6·2)
Discovered attack: bishop to f7 (d5·3)
Discovered attack: bishop to g5 (c1)
Fork: knight to e3 (g4·2)
Fork: knight to f7 (d6)
Fork: knight to f3 (e5)
Fork: knight to e7 (d5)
Fork: rook to d1
Fork: knight to e2 (f4·7)
Fork: knight to e2 (c3·9)
Fork: queen to d7
Fork: bishop to d4 (f6·2)
Skewer: bishop to e4
Fork: pawn to e6
Discovered attack: bishop to h2 (d6·9)
Discovered attack: bishop to f3
Fork: rook to d8 (d2)
Pin: knight to f3
Fork: knight to f7 (g5)
Discovered attack: knight to f6
Fork: knight to d3
Fork: queen to f2
Discovered attack: knight to f4
Pin: pawn to c4 (d5)
Mate in 1: pin on h5
Fork: bishop to d4 (e5·3)
Mate in 2: fork on f7
Fork: knight to e3 (c4)
Pin: knight to d5
Discovered attack: queen to e7
Skewer: queen to h5
Fork: rook to e1 (e8·4)
Fork: rook to g3 (c3)
Mate in 2: fork on c5
Skewer: bishop to e3
Pin: knight to f6
Discovered attack: queen to b2
Fork: queen to b6 (e6)
Discovered attack: rook to g4
Discovered attack: knight to e8
Pin: rook to e8 (e2)
Pin: rook to c8
Discovered attack: knight to g4
Fork: rook to e1 (e8·2)
Discovered attack: queen to f6
Discovered attack: knight to f3 (e5·4)
Discovered attack: king to b7
Discovered attack: pawn to f7
Fork: pawn to f6 (f7·2)
Fork: rook to d8 (d6)
Fork: pawn to f4
Fork: king to h2
Discovered attack: knight to f3 (e5·5)
Pin: pawn to f3
Fork: queen to c5 (c6·2)
Discovered attack: bishop to h2 (d6·6)
Fork: queen to a6
Mate in 1: pin on g2 (c6)
Fork: queen to b8 (b4)
Discovered attack: knight to f3 (d4)
Fork: queen to d5 (d2)
Discovered attack: queen to d1
Fork: bishop to d7 (b5·2)
Fork: bishop to b4
Discovered attack: pawn to f4
Pin: queen to h5 (e2)
Fork: queen to d5 (d8)
Fork: queen to a4 (b3)
Pin: queen to g6 (d3)
Mate in 2: discovered attack on f7 (g5)
Fork: knight to d5 (f4)
Fork: queen to f4
Pin: knight to g5 (e4·2)
Pin: rook to c1
Mate in 3: fork on d4
Fork: queen to g4 (c4)
Skewer: rook to e8 (a8)
Pin: queen to f3 (b3)
Pin: knight to f4
Fork: rook to h6
Mate in 3: fork on g3
Fork: queen to f3 (g3)
Pin: pawn to f4
Fork: queen to h3
Fork: rook to g2 (g8)
Pin: knight to g6 (h4)
Discovered attack: pawn to e6 (e5)
Fork: queen to h7
Pin: bishop to c2 (b3)
Discovered attack: pawn to e5
Pin: rook to e1 (e2)
Pin: bishop to f6 (g7)
Discovered attack: rook to b1
Pin: rook to f2 (f8·2)
Fork: bishop to b8
Pin: queen to b4 (a5)
Pin: bishop to f8
Fork: bishop to g5
Pin: queen to c6
Pin: rook to h8 (a8)
Mate in 3: discovered attack on f4
Discovered attack: queen to f2 (f4)
Skewer: bishop to b5
Pin: rook to h6 (h4)
Fork: knight to e4 (f6)
Pin: knight to g5 (e4)
Fork: queen to h2
Fork: knight to c4 (d2)
Fork: rook to g2
Skewer: rook to b3 (b4)
Pin: queen to c3
Fork: queen to c2
Pin: knight to c5 (e4·2)