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 20 hours

Speedrun

Solve a sequence of puzzles as quickly as you can.

Theme: Defensive Move

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

79

73

71

65

61

Three high scores

57

49

40

37

37

Most infinity puzzles solved

682

442

327

156

128

Past 24 hours

Haste high scores

37

33

29

28

27

Three high scores

37

30

29

25

24

Most infinity puzzles solved

103

102

100

50

35

Yesterday

Fastest speedruns

76.5s

87.1s

106.3s

111.3s

145.4s

Countdown high scores

34

31

27

20

Unique puzzles solved

1047

300

290

161

154

Today

Countdown high scores

45

Unique puzzles solved

41

24

1

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

49

41

29

11

Rook endgames high scores

31

30

21

Openings high scores

22

18

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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