nasin pi musi lili
ni li pona tawa sina
wan musi
open musi95,743
A tactic during the first phase of the game.
tenpo insa musi902,361
A tactic during the second phase of the game.
pini musi1,001,880
A tactic during the last phase of the game.
Rook endgame108,199
An endgame with only rooks and pawns.
Bishop endgame27,631
An endgame with only bishops and pawns.
pini pi jan utala74,094
pini musi li kama. jan utala taso li lon.
pini musi pi soweli tawa16,674
pini musi ni li jo taso e soweli tawa e jan utala.
Queen endgame23,263
An endgame with only queens and pawns.
Queen and Rook15,000
An endgame with only queens, rooks and pawns.wan openo sona e mute »
kama ante
jan utala li kama wawa124,884
jan utala li kama ijo musi ante. anu la, ona li wile kama ijo musi ante.
o utala e f2 e f714,880
o utala tawa jan utala lon f2 anu f7.
o anpa e ijo pi awen ijo13,235
ijo musi li awen e ijo ante. sina anpa e ona la, ijo ante li awen ala. sina ken anpa e ijo ante lon tenpo tawa kama sina.
o open e nasin utala101,509
ijo musi li tawa, li open e nasin utala tawa ijo musi ante.
lawa mije li ken moli tan ijo tu10,656
ijo musi wan li tawa, li open e nasin utala tawa ijo musi ante. ijo musi tu li utala e lawa mije lon tenpo sama.
lawa mije li awen ala60,109
ijo musi pi mute lili li awen e lawa mije. ken mute la, lawa mije li kama moli.
utala pi nasin tu257,129
ijo musi wan li utala e ijo musi tu.
ijo musi pi awen ike73,020
jan ante li awen ala anu awen ike e ijo musi ona. o anpa e ijo musi ona!
Kingside attack175,452
An attack of the opponent's king, after they castled on the king side.
ken tawa ala120,626
ijo musi li tawa la, ijo musi suli pi kule sama li ken anpa.
Queenside attack30,543
An attack of the opponent's king, after they castled on the queen side.
Sacrifice151,799
o weka e ijo musi lon tenpo ni tawa ni: kama pona li lon tenpo kama.
Skewer44,249
A motif involving a high value piece being attacked, moving out the way, and allowing a lower value piece behind it to be captured or attacked, the inverse of a pin.
Trapped piece22,268
A piece is unable to escape capture as it has limited moves.musi pi sona mute
Attraction73,044
An exchange or sacrifice encouraging or forcing an opponent piece to a square that allows a follow-up tactic.
Clearance26,698
A move, often with tempo, that clears a square, file or diagonal for a follow-up tactical idea.
Collinear move2,581
Two opposing pieces face each other, and one slides along the line of attack without capturing the enemy piece.
Discovered check36,111
Move a piece to reveal a check from a hidden attacking piece, which often leads to a decisive advantage.
Defensive move121,249
A precise move or sequence of moves that is needed to avoid losing material or another advantage.
Deflection86,952
A move that distracts an opposing piece from another duty that it performs, such as guarding a key square. Sometimes also called "overloading".
Interference7,299
Moving a piece between two opponent pieces to leave one or both opponent pieces undefended, such as a knight on a defended square between two rooks.
Intermezzo23,961
Instead of playing the expected move, first interpose another move posing an immediate threat that the opponent must answer. Also known as "Zwischenzug" or "In between".
Quiet move84,076
A move that does not check, capture, or create an immediate threat to capture. Instead, it prepares a hidden and unavoidable threat for a later move.
X-Ray attack7,125
A piece attacks or defends a square, through an enemy piece.
tawa ale li ike tawa jan ante21,015
jan ante li ken pali e tawa pi mute lili. tawa ale li ike tawa ona.o moli e lawa mije
lawa mije li moli637,730
o anpa e lawa mije ante!moli lon tenpo tawa 1295,126
o moli e lawa mije ante lon tenpo tawa wan.moli lon tenpo tawa 2266,196
o moli e lawa mije ante lon tenpo tawa tu.moli lon tenpo tawa 364,878
o moli e lawa mije ante lon tenpo tawa tu wan.moli lon tenpo tawa 49,507
o moli e lawa mije ante lon tenpo tawa tu tu.moli lon tenpo tawa mute2,024
o lukin e linja tawa ni: lawa mije ante li moli lon tenpo tawa mute.Mate themes
nasin moli Anastasia's mate2,569
A knight and rook or queen team up to trap the opposing king between the side of the board and a friendly piece.
Arabian mate2,433
A knight and a rook team up to trap the opposing king on a corner of the board.
Back rank mate68,275
Checkmate the king on the home rank, when it is trapped there by its own pieces.
Balestra mate464
A bishop delivers the checkmate, while a queen blocks the remaining escape squares
Blind Swine mate2,091
Two rooks team up to mate the king in an area of 2 by 2 squares.
Boden's mate1,203
Two attacking bishops on criss-crossing diagonals deliver mate to a king obstructed by friendly pieces.
Corner mate3,528
Confine the king to the corner using a rook or queen and a knight to engage the checkmate.
Double bishop mate1,294
Two attacking bishops on adjacent diagonals deliver mate to a king obstructed by friendly pieces.
Dovetail mate1,269
A queen delivers mate to an adjacent king, whose only two escape squares are obstructed by friendly pieces.
Epaulette mate7,426
Two adjacent escape squares for a checked king are occupied by other pieces.
Hook mate3,493
Checkmate with a rook, knight, and pawn along with one enemy pawn to limit the enemy king's escape.
Kill box mate1,798
A rook is next to the enemy king and supported by a queen that also blocks the king's escape squares. The rook and the queen catch the enemy king in a 3 by 3 "kill box".
Pillsbury's mate22,300
The rook delivers checkmate, while the bishop helps to confine it.
Morphy's mate2,428
Use the bishop to check the king, while your rook helps to confine it.
Opera mate21,204
Check the king with a rook and use a bishop to defend the rook.
Swallow's tail mate2,805
A checkmate pattern that visually resembles the appearance of a swallow’s tail, similar to a V shape.
Triangle mate2,541
The queen and rook, one square away from the enemy king, are on the same rank or file, separated by one square, forming a triangle.
Vuković mate775
A rook and knight team up to mate the king. The rook delivers mate while supported by a third piece, and the knight is used to block the king's escape squares.
Smothered mate7,908
A checkmate delivered by a knight in which the mated king is unable to move because it is surrounded (or smothered) by its own pieces.tawa suli
tawa pi "tomo awen"809
o awen e lawa mije sina. o tawa e tomo utala sina tawa ni: ona li ken utala e ijo ante.
En passant rights2,815
A tactic involving the en passant rule, where a pawn can capture an opponent pawn that has bypassed it using its initial two-square move.
kama wawa pi jan utala48,287
o wawa e jan utala sina.
Underpromotion362
Promotion to a knight, bishop, or rook.pini ante
sama wawa pi nasin ijo4,310
nasin pi ijo musi sina li ike. taso, sina ken sama e ona tawa jan ante.
o wawa e nasin pi ijo musi sina579,030
ijo musi sina li ken kama lon nasin pona. ona li wawa tawa ijo musi ante.
tawa ike pi jan ante769,433
jan ante li pali e tawa ike. sina ken lukin e ona la, sina ken pali e tawa ni: ona li wawa e nasin pi ijo musi sina.lawa mije li moli637,730
o anpa e lawa mije ante!mute tawa
tawa wan taso295,937
musi lili ni la, o pali e tawa wan taso.
musi lili pi tenpo lili1,010,572
o kama pona lon tenpo tawa tu.
musi lili pi tenpo suli520,359
o kama pona lon tenpo tawa tu wan.
Very long puzzle163,637
Four moves or more to win.musi tan pi musi lili
musi pi jan wawa273,700
musi lili tan musi pi jan wawa
musi pi jan wawa25,328
musi lili tan musi pi jan wawa
musi pi jan pi wawa mute1,073
musi lili tan musi pi jan pi wawa mute.
musi lili tan musi jan
musi lili ni li kama tan musi sina anu musi pi jan antejan ale li ken jo e musi lili ni lon lipu "database.lichess.org".