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Foundational
Hanging Pieces
Take free material. Train your eye to spot undefended and underdefended pieces and win them in a single move.
Suggested Level: <1000
Beginner
Naked Tactics
Utilise a primary tactical theme in order to win material in simplified positions with few pieces on the board.
Suggested Level: <1200
Bring The Noise
Utilise a primary tactical theme in order to win material in busy positions you learned to see through in our Naked Tactics course.
Suggested Level: <1200
Post-beginner
Decoys and Distractions
Set up the primary tactical patterns you have mastered in Naked Tactics and Bring the Noise with the basic attraction, clearance and deflection motifs that you will learn in this course.
Suggested Level: <1400
Basically Difficult
Utilise a primary tactical theme to win material in the same way you learned in Naked Tactics and Bring the Noise, but this time the puzzles are more challenging.
Suggested Level: <1400
Checkmate Patterns
The named mating nets every player must know — back-rank, smothered, Anastasia, Boden and more.
Suggested Level: <1400
Intermediate
Deceptive Combinations
Combine the motifs you learned in Naked Tactics and Bring the Noise with devastating effect as you learn to see deeper and unleash combinations on the board.
Suggested Level: <1600
Cunning Combinations
Build on the combinations and decoy techniques you have learned with more challenging simple combinations.
Suggested Level: <1600
Pawn Promotion
You have mastered tactics that take material off the board — now it is time to apply the same themes towards a different goal: pawn promotion.
Suggested Level: <1600
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