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Clearance Chess 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.

892 real-game puzzles in this collection

What is a clearance?

A clearance move vacates a square or line that one of your own pieces needs, often with tempo. The clearing piece may even sacrifice itself so the follow-up lands.

How to spot it

When a winning idea fails only because your own piece is in the way, look for the most forcing way to move it — ideally a move that also checks or captures.

What this set trains

Clearance sets teach coordination: seeing not just where pieces attack, but how they can make room for each other.

Foundation: 61Developing: 110Challenging: 169Advanced: 552

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24 shown from 49500 locally materialized records.

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Puzzle 0fjWx

Rating 734 clearancekingsideAttackmate
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Puzzle 0QtZ5

Rating 772 clearancekingsideAttackmate
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Puzzle 0vNOO

Rating 782 advantageclearanceendgame
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Puzzle 0GgNa

Rating 816 clearancekingsideAttackmate
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Puzzle 0OKdO

Rating 832 clearancekingsideAttackmate
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Puzzle 0DWyK

Rating 855 clearancekingsideAttacklong
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Puzzle 01LlS

Rating 870 clearancekingsideAttackmate
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Puzzle 084Ml

Rating 885 advantageclearanceendgame
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Puzzle 0FuOK

Rating 900 clearancekingsideAttackmate
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Puzzle 060S6

Rating 918 clearancekingsideAttackmate
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Puzzle 02wKw

Rating 940 advancedPawnadvantageclearance
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Puzzle 04zl6

Rating 966 clearancekingsideAttackmate
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Puzzle 0OpVA

Rating 972 clearancecrushingendgame
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Puzzle 0AT0l

Rating 977 clearancekingsideAttackmate
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Puzzle 00Aae

Rating 1015 advancedPawnclearancecrushing
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Puzzle 00Yy4

Rating 1022 clearancekingsideAttackmate
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Puzzle 0JogA

Rating 1030 advantageclearanceendgame
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Puzzle 03xmf

Rating 1033 advancedPawnclearancecrushing
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