Blitz Tactics

Blitz Tactics Achievements

Fast-paced chess puzzles. Choose a game mode to get started.

Haste

Combos gain time. Mistakes lose time. New puzzles each run.

New puzzles each run

Three

Three minutes, three lives,
three hints

New puzzles each run

Countdown

Solve puzzles before time runs out. New level each day.

Next level in 3 hours

Speedrun

Solve a sequence of puzzles as quickly as you can.

Theme: Knight Endgame

Infinity

Play through endless puzzles. Set your own difficulty.

Sign up to track your progress

Repetition

Quickly solve puzzles without mistakes to unlock the next level.

Level 1 — Just warming up

Past 7 days

Haste high scores

87

77

76

Mohammad_jabari

76

67

Three high scores

60

57

52

48

34

Most infinity puzzles solved

1283

415

50

jugadatorrerifica

42

31

Past 24 hours

Haste high scores

70

44

38

33

31

Three high scores

55

31

26

26

20

Most infinity puzzles solved

306

252

30

6

3

Yesterday

Fastest speedruns

71.7s

79.8s

100.6s

106.1s

144.7s

Countdown high scores

80

47

31

25

18

Unique puzzles solved

433

304

286

270

227

Today

Fastest speedruns

102.2s

148.9s

215.0s

238.2s

265.6s

Countdown high scores

70

52

34

29

12

Unique puzzles solved

559

519

502

208

201

Themed chess puzzle sets.

Combos gain time. Mistakes lose time. New puzzles each run.

Mate in one

Practice checkmate in one move. Great for beginners.

Rook endgames

The most common type of piece endgames.

Openings

Practice tactical patterns from chess openings.

Past 3 days

Mate in one high scores

89

72

65

jugadatorrerifica

61

49

Rook endgames high scores

100

57

28

15

14

Openings high scores

82

jugadatorrerifica

42

34

24

17

Site updates

Sep 22, 2025

You can now customize the pieces on your board

Sep 17, 2025

Game mode puzzles have been upgraded to use the latest Lichess puzzle database

Aug 17, 2025

After selecting a game mode, you can now resize the chessboard via the icon in the bottom-right corner.

May 23, 2021

You can now create and play custom puzzle sets. This feature is still early in development. Feedback is welcome!

Dec 19, 2020

You can now use right click to draw shapes on the board. Click to draw circles. Click and drag to draw arrows.

Dec 15, 2020

When you view puzzles after a haste round, puzzles you made mistakes on will now be clearly shown.

Dec 8, 2020

A new game mode (Three) is in beta. Have fun and let us know what you think!

Oct 7, 2020

Click the "view puzzles" button after a speedrun or haste round to view the puzzles you saw during the round.

Oct 1, 2020

If you forgot your password and signed up with an email, you can reset your password here.

Feb 26, 2019

Rated mode is now in beta. Expect a rating reset in the future after puzzle ratings stabilize and tweaks are made to the rating system. More features to come.

Feb 24, 2019

Turn sounds on/off using the volume icon in the header

Feb 21, 2019

You can now customize your board colors

Links

Join the Discord channel

Practice endgame positions

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