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Printable Hanging piece Puzzles
Search 49,500 locally indexed real-game positions, narrow them by motif, difficulty or rating, then play each stored tactical line directly on the board without an upstream connection.
Printable worksheet
12 hanging piece puzzles, every difficulty, with answer key
A hanging piece is simply an enemy unit left undefended or under-defended. The tactic is direct: attack it faster than it can be saved, or capture it outright.
Positions from the Lichess open puzzle database (CC0). The answer key prints on the last page.
Hanging piece — chess puzzle worksheet
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Answer key
- Puzzle 0ArtR: f6e4 → c3c8 (the first move is the opponent’s setup move)
- Puzzle 0sMBG: b6a8 → b4e1 (the first move is the opponent’s setup move)
- Puzzle 0PWI1: c2b2 → b1b2 → h2h1q → b7b8q (the first move is the opponent’s setup move)
- Puzzle 0GWOP: b6a6 → d4a1 (the first move is the opponent’s setup move)
- Puzzle 04tI7: c3d2 → e6g8 → b8a7 → d1d2 (the first move is the opponent’s setup move)
- Puzzle 0Enqy: d1d6 → c3e1 → d6d8 → f8d8 (the first move is the opponent’s setup move)
- Puzzle 06iSl: d2e4 → f6g6 → d1d8 → h8d8 (the first move is the opponent’s setup move)
- Puzzle 050C0: b4a5 → a3c2 → d4c3 → c2e3 (the first move is the opponent’s setup move)
- Puzzle 0BflT: g5e4 → d5e4 → h2h3 → e4e1 → g1h2 → f4e2 → g4e2 → e1e2 (the first move is the opponent’s setup move)
- Puzzle 0xGMO: f6e4 → d2e4 → h4h3 → c1f1 (the first move is the opponent’s setup move)
- Puzzle 07BkM: c2e3 → c3e3 → a4c4 → e3c3 (the first move is the opponent’s setup move)
- Puzzle 0eJLn: c7a8 → b7a8 → f3f2 → a8b8 → f2f1q → a7a8q → f1f8 → b8a7 (the first move is the opponent’s setup move)
Source: Lichess open puzzle database · database.lichess.org · CC0