Practice · exactly one move
WorksheetEvery click puts together 20 new positions of Train at random to print – or 10, 30 or 40, 10 a page, with a page of solutions if you like.As a PDF: choose “Save as PDF” in the print window of the browser.Endgames from the games
How the trainer works
In every position exactly one move wins or holds – the Syzygy tablebase says so. Find it; then the tablebase plays on, and you can play the solution through move by move. The players and the tournament lead to chesstoteles, where the whole game can be played through. More in the guide →
I · OwletII · Young owlIII · Tawny owlIV · Eagle owlV · Wise owlPawn endgamesRook endgamesMinor piecesQueen endgamesRook and minor pieceQueen and pieceThe quiet moveThe king move
White to move wins
VideoEvery position plays its solution by itself, after a short pause the next one comes – to watch and learn.Click: start · again: stopStop the videoNo further position – a solution half played is taken back, the position stands to be solved.Your progress
Find the win
Owlet0 / 3,390
Young owl0 / 2,911
Tawny owl0 / 2,772
Eagle owl0 / 1,531
Wise owl0 / 1,070
Save the game
Owlet0 / 3,785
Young owl0 / 6,282
Tawny owl0 / 3,306
Eagle owl0 / 4,054
Wise owl0 / 963
Kept only in this browser.
How it works
- The tablebase found the positions in our games: at this point exactly one move won or held, and there were at least two wrong ones. A few teaching positions come on top, generated by the tool for rare techniques and checked by the tablebase – they are marked.
- The level depends on the way the right move still has ahead (moves to the next capture or pawn move) and on the number of wrong moves.
- After the right move the tablebase plays on – with best play to mate or a few moves far. With start, back, on and end you play the solution through; the move before comes from the game.