Computer Workout with Key Chess Positions
All good chess players know how to recognize key patterns and positions that occur in their games. The Chess.com Computer Workout tool helps you improve your knowledge of key positions by setting you up to play these key positions against the computer!
Focus on improving different areas of your chess game by selecting a category, theme, and key problem. If you are stuck, ask for a hint from the computer!
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| Position | Difficulty | Goal | Attempts | Start Workout |
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| Removing the Guard |
Beginner (<1200) |
Material Gain |
2,557 |
Premium Only |
| Removing the Guard for Mate |
Beginner (<1200) |
Win |
1,272 |
Premium Only |
| Rook and Pawn Endings, Frontal Attack |
Beginner (<1200) |
Win |
1,094 |
Premium Only |
| Rook Makes Way for a Queen |
Beginner (<1200) |
Win |
1,191 |
Premium Only |
| Scotch Gambit Trap |
Beginner (<1200) |
Material Gain |
2,720 |
Premium Only |
| Simple Breakthrough |
Beginner (<1200) |
Win |
1,470 |
Premium Only |
| Simple Clearance Sacrifice |
Beginner (<1200) |
Win |
1,172 |
Premium Only |
| Simple Deflection |
Beginner (<1200) |
Material Gain |
1,255 |
Premium Only |
| Simple X-Ray |
Beginner (<1200) |
Material Gain |
2,102 |
Premium Only |
| Simple Zwischenzug |
Beginner (<1200) |
Material Gain |
2,125 |
Premium Only |
| Square Clearance |
Beginner (<1200) |
Material Gain |
1,718 |
Premium Only |
| Square Clearance for Mate |
Beginner (<1200) |
Win |
2,412 |
Premium Only |
| Swallow's Tail Mate |
Beginner (<1200) |
Win |
1,671 |
Premium Only |
| The King as Attacker |
Beginner (<1200) |
Win |
1,075 |
Premium Only |
| Underpromoting to Draw |
Beginner (<1200) |
Draw |
1,879 |
Premium Only |
| Underpromoting to Win |
Beginner (<1200) |
Win |
1,785 |
Premium Only |
| Using an Enemy Pawn to Block a File |
Beginner (<1200) |
Material Gain |
1,509 |
Premium Only |
| Using an Outside Passed Pawn |
Beginner (<1200) |
Win |
1,667 |
Premium Only |
| Weak Back Rank |
Beginner (<1200) |
Material Gain |
2,656 |
Premium Only |
| What is a Discovered Attack? |
Beginner (<1200) |
Material Gain |
1,134 |
Premium Only |
| What Is a Fork? |
Beginner (<1200) |
Material Gain |
1,188 |
Premium Only |
| What is a Pin? |
Beginner (<1200) |
Material Gain |
910 |
Premium Only |
| What Is a Skewer? |
Beginner (<1200) |
Material Gain |
1,042 |
Premium Only |
| What Is Removing the Guard? |
Beginner (<1200) |
Material Gain |
1,181 |
Premium Only |
| What is Stalemate? |
Beginner (<1200) |
Draw |
1,356 |
Premium Only |
| Winning a Queen |
Beginner (<1200) |
Material Gain |
1,383 |
Premium Only |
| Winning With a Knight and Rook Pawn |
Beginner (<1200) |
Win |
1,230 |
Premium Only |
| Winning with a Knight Pawn |
Beginner (<1200) |
Win |
1,880 |
Premium Only |
| X-Ray on a Diagonal |
Beginner (<1200) |
Win |
1,337 |
Premium Only |
| A Different Sort of Smothered Mate |
Intermediate (1400-1800) |
Win |
1,848 |
Premium Only |
| A Mate With Queen and Bishop |
Intermediate (1400-1800) |
Win |
1,842 |
Premium Only |
| A Twist on the Arab Mate |
Intermediate (1400-1800) |
Win |
2,380 |
Premium Only |
| A Variant With Knight and Long-Diagonal Bishop |
Intermediate (1400-1800) |
Win |
1,683 |
Premium Only |
| Active King in Pawn Endgame |
Intermediate (1400-1800) |
Win |
2,948 |
Premium Only |
| Alapin Gambit Trap |
Intermediate (1400-1800) |
Win |
1,705 |
Premium Only |
| Almost a Back Rank Mate |
Intermediate (1400-1800) |
Win |
3,037 |
Premium Only |
| Another Mate with Bishop and Rook |
Intermediate (1400-1800) |
Win |
1,768 |
Premium Only |
| Attacking Like Lasker |
Intermediate (1400-1800) |
Material Gain |
3,293 |
Premium Only |
| Avoiding a Pawn and Knight Fortress |
Intermediate (1400-1800) |
Win |
1,497 |
Premium Only |
| Back Rank With a Pawn's Help |
Intermediate (1400-1800) |
Win |
1,156 |
Premium Only |
| Berlin Defence Trap |
Intermediate (1400-1800) |
Material Gain |
2,592 |
Premium Only |
| Bishop Makes Way for a Queen |
Intermediate (1400-1800) |
Win |
1,425 |
Premium Only |
| Bishop Mating a Cornered King |
Intermediate (1400-1800) |
Win |
1,275 |
Premium Only |
| Black Trap in the Queen's Gambit |
Intermediate (1400-1800) |
Material Gain |
2,015 |
Premium Only |
| Blackburne - Gifford, 1874 |
Intermediate (1400-1800) |
Win |
1,435 |
Premium Only |
| Blocking Out a Bishop |
Intermediate (1400-1800) |
Material Gain |
1,978 |
Premium Only |
| Causing Interference |
Intermediate (1400-1800) |
Material Gain |
1,525 |
Premium Only |
| Clearing a Square for a Skewer |
Intermediate (1400-1800) |
Material Gain |
1,196 |
Premium Only |
| Clearing Lines for a Simple Queen Mate |
Intermediate (1400-1800) |
Win |
1,645 |
Premium Only |
| Clearing the Way for Liquidation |
Intermediate (1400-1800) |
Material Gain |
2,109 |
Premium Only |