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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| Winning With the Rook In Front of Your Pawn |
Intermediate (1400-1800) |
Win |
1,470 |
Premium Only |
| Zugzwang With Pawns |
Intermediate (1400-1800) |
Win |
2,255 |
Premium Only |
| Zwischenzug to Avoid a Pin |
Intermediate (1400-1800) |
Material Gain |
1,726 |
Premium Only |
| 1925 Kubbel Study |
Advanced (1800+) |
Draw |
2,704 |
Premium Only |
| 1925 Study by Andrew |
Advanced (1800+) |
Material Gain |
1,976 |
Premium Only |
| A More Complex X-Ray Idea |
Advanced (1800+) |
Material Gain |
2,453 |
Premium Only |
| Avoiding Stalemate |
Advanced (1800+) |
Win |
1,842 |
Premium Only |
| Bishop and Knight Mate |
Advanced (1800+) |
Win |
1,482 |
Premium Only |
| Bishop ending by Centurini |
Advanced (1800+) |
Win |
2,060 |
Premium Only |
| Blazej - Mikulka, correspondence 1930 |
Advanced (1800+) |
Material Gain |
1,661 |
Premium Only |
| Breakthrough Against a Bishop |
Advanced (1800+) |
Win |
1,511 |
Premium Only |
| Breakthrough With Bishops |
Advanced (1800+) |
Win |
1,671 |
Premium Only |
| Breakthrough with Zugzwang |
Advanced (1800+) |
Win |
1,867 |
Premium Only |
| Clearing Lines for a Familiar Pattern |
Advanced (1800+) |
Win |
2,409 |
Premium Only |
| Clearing the Back Rank |
Advanced (1800+) |
Win |
1,279 |
Premium Only |
| Clearing the Way for a Windmill |
Advanced (1800+) |
Material Gain |
1,451 |
Premium Only |
| Counterattack With Geller |
Advanced (1800+) |
Defend |
3,003 |
Premium Only |
| Decoying a Piece Away From Mate |
Advanced (1800+) |
Win |
2,031 |
Premium Only |
| Destroying an Ineffective Rook Vs Queen Fortress |
Advanced (1800+) |
Win |
1,237 |
Premium Only |
| Difficult Mate with Two Knights |
Advanced (1800+) |
Win |
1,392 |
Premium Only |
| Ed. Lasker - Thomas, 1912 |
Advanced (1800+) |
Win |
2,110 |
Premium Only |
| Flushing Out the King for Perpetual |
Advanced (1800+) |
Draw |
1,343 |
Premium Only |
| Grushevsky - Bykov, Frunze 1959 |
Advanced (1800+) |
Win |
1,326 |
Premium Only |
| Halberstadt Study, 1949 |
Advanced (1800+) |
Win |
2,009 |
Premium Only |
| King Trapped On One File |
Advanced (1800+) |
Win |
2,040 |
Premium Only |
| Knott - D. Adams, 2004 |
Advanced (1800+) |
Material Gain |
1,719 |
Premium Only |
| Koltanowski - de Young |
Advanced (1800+) |
Win |
1,589 |
Premium Only |
| Ljubojevic - Browne, Amsterdam 1972 |
Advanced (1800+) |
Win |
2,593 |
Premium Only |
| Mating With a Knight Pawn |
Advanced (1800+) |
Win |
2,150 |
Premium Only |
| Neutralizing a Defensive Breakthrough |
Advanced (1800+) |
Win |
2,186 |
Premium Only |
| Not Quite Boden's Mate |
Advanced (1800+) |
Win |
1,412 |
Premium Only |
| Outflanking and the Opposition |
Advanced (1800+) |
Win |
2,548 |
Premium Only |
| Perpetual on the Seventh Rank |
Advanced (1800+) |
Draw |
1,527 |
Premium Only |
| Perpetual With a Rook and Knight Battery |
Advanced (1800+) |
Draw |
1,254 |
Premium Only |
| Perpetual With Rook and Knights |
Advanced (1800+) |
Draw |
1,403 |
Premium Only |
| Petrosian – Dvoretsky, 1975 |
Advanced (1800+) |
Defend |
3,052 |
Premium Only |
| Pollock - Allies, Buffalo 1893 |
Advanced (1800+) |
Win |
2,198 |
Premium Only |
| Promoting With Bishop Vs Knight |
Advanced (1800+) |
Win |
2,154 |
Premium Only |
| Queen Vs Rook |
Advanced (1800+) |
Win |
1,605 |
Premium Only |
| Reti Study, 1929 |
Advanced (1800+) |
Win |
1,976 |
Premium Only |
| Sacrificing for a Fork |
Advanced (1800+) |
Material Gain |
1,391 |
Premium Only |
| Saving a Wandering King |
Advanced (1800+) |
Draw |
1,670 |
Premium Only |
| Scavina - Muller, Vienna 1941 |
Advanced (1800+) |
Win |
2,107 |
Premium Only |
| Sideways Back Rank Mate |
Advanced (1800+) |
Win |
1,834 |
Premium Only |
| Threatening Mate to Give Perpetual |
Advanced (1800+) |
Draw |
1,580 |
Premium Only |
| Winning With B+B Vs N |
Advanced (1800+) |
Win |
1,105 |
Premium Only |
| Winning With Queen and d6 Pawn |
Advanced (1800+) |
Win |
1,487 |
Premium Only |
| Winning With Queen and g Pawn |
Advanced (1800+) |
Win |
1,326 |
Premium Only |
| Winning With R+B Vs R |
Advanced (1800+) |
Win |
1,159 |
Premium Only |
| Winning With R+N Vs R |
Advanced (1800+) |
Win |
1,645 |
Premium Only |