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If you want to learn to play any game well, nothing can replace the experience of real games, so we’ve compiled places and platforms for you to play your favorite games — online or at a real table.

However, there’s another way to gain a deeper understanding of the game’s tactical and strategic potential — by solving puzzles and etudes.

In this section, we collect puzzles, tactical problems, and annotated real games: key positions, tactical ideas, and mistakes.

TZAAR: Puzzle #23
Things are going south
Aug 18, 2026TZAAR
A fresh puzzle for the game TZAAR from a recent match played by ivyed_seer.
It is White’s turn; find the moves that lead to a victory in no more than 3 turns.
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TZAAR: Puzzle #22
Keep it up!
Aug 11, 2026TZAAR
We continue the series of high-difficulty puzzles for the game TZAAR by ivyed_seer.
It is White’s turn; find the move that leads to a win in no more than 3 moves.
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TZAAR: Puzzle #21
Very hard
Aug 7, 2026TZAAR
A contrast shower based on the game TZAAR by ivyed_seer. We’re moving to a high difficulty level again.
It’s Black’s turn, and you need to find a move that leads to victory in no more than 3 turns.
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TZAAR: Puzzle #20
High degree of variability
Aug 4, 2026TZAAR
A TZAAR puzzle by ivyed_seer which difficulty level is hard to estimate. On one hand, victory isn’t achieved in a single move, but on the other, there are multiple correct answers. And given the number of possible answers, let’s classify it as easy one.
White to move, find the moves that lead to victory in two turns.
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DVONN: Puzzle #1
The first swallow
Aug 1, 2026DVONN
A puzzle from the DVONN world champion on Boardgamearena — Whoopsidoodle. Medium difficulty.
White to move; find the only winning move.
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TZAAR: Puzzle #19
Three steps away from victory
Jul 30, 2026TZAAR
Need more ~~gold~~ puzzles! Another puzzle from ivyed_seer for the game TZAAR.
Medium difficulty. It’s Black’s turn. Find all the moves that will lead to victory in no more than three turns.
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TZAAR: Puzzle #18
Despite all the choice
Jul 27, 2026TZAAR
A study of maximum difficulty in TZAAR from one of the world’s top players — ivyed_seer.
White has only one move that can lead to victory. Every other try loses against best Black play. Can you find it?
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TZAAR: Puzzle #17
Even more strategy
Jul 24, 2026TZAAR
Another strategic puzzle from ivyed_seer. White seeks a path to victory — find a move that forces a win within three turns. Let’s help them!
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TZAAR: Puzzle #16
Elegant approach
Jul 22, 2026TZAAR
ivyed_seer keeps the TZAAR puzzles coming. Medium difficulty. Black to move — win in two turns.
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TZAAR: Puzzle #15
Light warm-up
Jul 17, 2026TZAAR
Another easy TZAAR puzzle from ivyed_seer. Black to move — find a line that wins in two turns.
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