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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!

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PositionDifficultyGoalAttemptsStart Workout
Powerful Bishop Intermediate (1400-1800) Material Gain 2,106 Premium Only
Promoting With Knight Vs Bishop Intermediate (1400-1800) Win 1,913 Premium Only
Queen and Rook in the Corner Intermediate (1400-1800) Win 1,112 Premium Only
Removing the Defender Against a Tactic Intermediate (1400-1800) Material Gain 1,489 Premium Only
Reti - Tartakower, Vienna 1910 Intermediate (1400-1800) Win 1,831 Premium Only
Rook and Bishop Mate Intermediate (1400-1800) Win 1,667 Premium Only
Rook and Pawn Endgame, Corner Pawn Intermediate (1400-1800) Win 824 Premium Only
Rook and Pawn Endgame, Outside Passed Pawn Intermediate (1400-1800) Draw 831 Premium Only
Rook and Pawn Endgame, Umbrella Method Intermediate (1400-1800) Win 643 Premium Only
Rook and Pawn Endgame, Umbrella Method 2 Intermediate (1400-1800) Draw 619 Premium Only
Rook and Pawn Endings, Frontal Attack 2 Intermediate (1400-1800) Win 760 Premium Only
Rook and Pawn Endings, Frontal Attack 3 Intermediate (1400-1800) Win 674 Premium Only
Rook and Pawn Endings, Frontal Attack 4 Intermediate (1400-1800) Win 800 Premium Only
Rook and Pawn Endings, Frontal Attack 5 Intermediate (1400-1800) Draw 660 Premium Only
Rook Freezing Two Pawns Intermediate (1400-1800) Win 1,922 Premium Only
Sacrificial Rook and Bishop Mate Intermediate (1400-1800) Win 1,608 Premium Only
Sacrificing for a Perpetual Intermediate (1400-1800) Draw 1,122 Premium Only
Sacrificing to Deflect and Promote Intermediate (1400-1800) Material Gain 1,704 Premium Only
Sacrificing to Recover Pawns Intermediate (1400-1800) Material Gain 1,901 Premium Only
Salwe - Flamberg, St Petersburg 1914 Intermediate (1400-1800) Win 2,104 Premium Only
Setting Up a Breakthrough Intermediate (1400-1800) Win 1,875 Premium Only
Setting Up for a Familiar Mate Intermediate (1400-1800) Win 2,028 Premium Only
Setting Up One Fork With Another Intermediate (1400-1800) Material Gain 1,623 Premium Only
Shielding the King with a Rook Pawn Intermediate (1400-1800) Win 1,978 Premium Only
Shouldering Off the King Intermediate (1400-1800) Win 1,837 Premium Only
Simplifying to a Draw Intermediate (1400-1800) Draw 965 Premium Only
Square Clearance for Defense Intermediate (1400-1800) Win 1,046 Premium Only
Staunton - NN, simul 1850 Intermediate (1400-1800) Material Gain 1,856 Premium Only
Steinitz – Rock, London 1863 Intermediate (1400-1800) Win 1,310 Premium Only
Steinitz - Bird, London 1866 Intermediate (1400-1800) Material Gain 1,849 Premium Only
Successive Pins Intermediate (1400-1800) Win 966 Premium Only
Tarrasch Trap in the Open Lopez Intermediate (1400-1800) Material Gain 1,715 Premium Only
The Distant Opposition Intermediate (1400-1800) Win 2,300 Premium Only
The Greek Gift Intermediate (1400-1800) Win 2,131 Premium Only
Time to Win with a Rook Pawn Intermediate (1400-1800) Win 1,533 Premium Only
Torre-Repetto – Lasker, Moscow 1925 Intermediate (1400-1800) Material Gain 2,556 Premium Only
Trapping a Piece With Square Clearance Intermediate (1400-1800) Material Gain 1,445 Premium Only
Tricky Triangulation Intermediate (1400-1800) Win 2,294 Premium Only
Two Rooks Covering Two Files Intermediate (1400-1800) Win 2,035 Premium Only
Tylor - Winter, Hastings 1933 Intermediate (1400-1800) Win 1,189 Premium Only
Variation from Gelfand-Kramnik, 1994 Intermediate (1400-1800) Draw 1,448 Premium Only
Winning A Bishop Ending With Two Pawns Intermediate (1400-1800) Win 1,082 Premium Only
Winning Pin Intermediate (1400-1800) Material Gain 1,495 Premium Only
Winning With An Extra Pawn in a Bishop Ending Intermediate (1400-1800) Win 1,393 Premium Only
Winning with g+h Vs h Pawn Intermediate (1400-1800) Win 2,123 Premium Only
Winning With Knight and Two Pawns Vs Bishop Intermediate (1400-1800) Win 979 Premium Only
Winning With Opposite Color Bishops Intermediate (1400-1800) Win 1,040 Premium Only
Winning With Queen Vs Knight Intermediate (1400-1800) Win 1,258 Premium Only
Winning with Queen Vs Pawn Intermediate (1400-1800) Win 1,222 Premium Only
Winning With Rook Vs Pawn Intermediate (1400-1800) Win 2,020 Premium Only