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Legends
Play the moves the greatest players found in their own games. Every puzzle comes from a real game, with a note after each move.
16 legends 446 puzzles 14 famous games
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The Immortal Game
Adolf Anderssen against Lionel Kieseritzky · London, 1851
You are White. Both rooks are hanging. Ignore them: six moves to checkmate.
Tricky 6 moves to find Play as Anderssen
The legends
A course of puzzles from each one’s games. Four of them recruit a hero for your runs.
1850s–1870s Adolf Anderssen Winner of London 1851 Romantic attacks 0 of 30 solved Start 1857–1859 Paul Morphy The best player of the 1850s Rapid development, open lines 0 of 21 solved Start The Prodigy Finish the course to recruit Tempo 1886–1894 Wilhelm Steinitz 1st World Champion Positional principles 0 of 29 solved Start 1894–1921 Emanuel Lasker 2nd World Champion Practical fighting chess 0 of 20 solved Start The Stoic Finish the course to recruit Last stand 1921–1927 José Raúl Capablanca 3rd World Champion Clarity and endgames 0 of 21 solved Start The Clockmaker Finish the course to recruit Clarity 1927–1935, 1937–1946 Alexander Alekhine 4th World Champion Deep combinations 0 of 30 solved Start 1948–1963 (with breaks) Mikhail Botvinnik 6th World Champion Scientific preparation 0 of 27 solved Start 1960–1961 Mikhail Tal 8th World Champion Sacrifices and chaos 0 of 30 solved Start The Firebrand Finish the course to recruit Sacrifice 1963–1969 Tigran Petrosian 9th World Champion Prophylaxis and defense 0 of 30 solved Start 1969–1972 Boris Spassky 10th World Champion Universal 0 of 29 solved Start 1972–1975 Bobby Fischer 11th World Champion Precision and energy 0 of 29 solved Start 1975–1985 Anatoly Karpov 12th World Champion Positional squeeze 0 of 30 solved Start 1985–2000 Garry Kasparov 13th World Champion Dynamic attack 0 of 30 solved Start 1990s–2010s Judit Polgar The strongest woman in chess history Fearless attack 0 of 30 solved Start 2007–2013 Viswanathan Anand 15th World Champion Speed and harmony 0 of 30 solved Start 2013–2023 Magnus Carlsen 16th World Champion Endless pressure 0 of 30 solved Start
Famous games
Complete finishes, annotated move by move.
Anderssen · 1851 The Immortal Game vs Lionel Kieseritzky Tricky Anderssen · 1852 The Evergreen Game vs Jean Dufresne Tricky Morphy · 1858 The Opera Game vs Duke Karl of Brunswick & Count Isouard Approachable Steinitz · 1895 The Desperado Rook vs Curt von Bardeleben Tricky Lasker · 1889 Two Bishops for a King vs Johann Bauer Tricky Capablanca · 1924 The Rook on the Seventh vs Savielly Tartakower Deep Botvinnik · 1938 The Pawn That Would Not Stop vs José Raúl Capablanca Deep Petrosian · 1966· Game 10 Iron Tigran Strikes vs Boris Spassky Tricky Réti · 1910 Réti’s Miniature vs Savielly Tartakower Approachable Alekhine · 1930 Alekhine’s Gun vs Aron Nimzowitsch Deep Fischer · 1956 The Game of the Century vs Donald Byrne Tricky Tal · 1965· Game 10 Sacrifice on d5 vs Bent Larsen Deep Kasparov · 1999 Kasparov’s Immortal vs Veselin Topalov Deep Carlsen · 2016 The Birthday Finish vs Sergey Karjakin Tricky
Mixed courses
Puzzles from every legend, gathered by idea.
