Positional chess puzzles
Positional chess puzzles: find a better plan.
Positional chess puzzles ask you to improve the position without relying on an immediate tactic. Sometimes several moves are excellent. The skill is finding a plan you can explain and play through.
Try a positionTry it on the board
White to move. What would you improve?
These are fixed examples from real games. You will see the idea after you make a move or reveal the answer.
Example 01
A position with more than one good plan
White to move. Read the position and choose a move on the board.
Drag a piece or select its starting and ending squares.
The skill behind the move
What positional training teaches
A good positional move may develop a piece, improve king safety, prepare a pawn break, or change an unfavorable trade. You have to compare plans, not just calculate checks and captures.
Make Good Moves accepts multiple strong plans when the analysis supports them. In the main trainer these positions arrive mixed with tactics and Critical Moves, so you must decide which kind of move the board calls for.
The full training experience
You will not be told what comes next.
In the main trainer, tactical, positional, and Critical Move positions are mixed together. Read each board, decide what it needs, and play the idea through. Five positions per session; no account required to start.
Start mixed trainingTactical puzzles are sourced from the Lichess open puzzle database. Positional and Critical Move puzzles are custom-generated by Make Good Moves from public Lichess games. Make Good Moves is independent and is not affiliated with Lichess.