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Zugzwang is a position where a player would be fine if they could pass, but every legal move worsens their position. It is overwhelmingly an endgame phenomenon, because with few pieces left there are no neutral waiting moves available.
Count the opponent's available moves. When they have only pawn moves left and those pawn moves lose, the winning technique is a waiting move — often a king triangulation — that hands the obligation to move back to them.
This trainer draws on 85 puzzles tagged with the zugzwang theme, rated from 708 to 2829 with a median of 1964. Every position comes from a real game in the Lichess open puzzle database, so the tactics are ones that actually occurred over the board rather than composed studies.
Zugzwang is a position where a player would be fine if they could pass, but every legal move worsens their position. It is overwhelmingly an endgame phenomenon, because with few pieces left there are no neutral waiting moves available.
There are 85 puzzles carrying this theme, with difficulty ratings from 708 to 2829. The median puzzle is rated 1964, which sits in the advanced range.
Count the opponent's available moves. When they have only pawn moves left and those pawn moves lose, the winning technique is a waiting move — often a king triangulation — that hands the obligation to move back to them.
Yes. Every puzzle is free and unlimited, with no account required. The puzzles come from the Lichess open puzzle database, which is released into the public domain.