Daily Chess Puzzles

Tactics are where rating comes from

Most games below master level are decided by a tactic somebody missed, not by a deep strategic plan. A fork, a pin, a back-rank mate, a hanging piece two moves after a trade. Puzzles train the pattern recognition that makes those moments visible while you still have time to use them.

Every puzzle is a real position with one best move. You get immediate feedback, and the positions adapt as your accuracy changes, so they stay at the edge of what you can currently calculate rather than drifting easy or impossible.

How to practise usefully

Solve before you move. The instinct to click the forcing-looking move and see what happens feels productive and teaches almost nothing. Work the line out to a position you can evaluate, then play it.

Short daily sessions beat long occasional ones. Ten focused puzzles a day will move your tactical strength further in a month than a three-hour session every other weekend.

Free, no account needed

Chess puzzles on Shatranj are free and unlimited, and you can start solving as a guest. Creating an account only adds progress tracking across devices.