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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.

Showing 217–240 of 892 matching records

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Puzzle 0DqBZ

Rating 1698 clearancecrushingkingsideAttack
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Puzzle 0Tc6F

Rating 1699 advancedPawnclearancecrushing
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Puzzle 0FFBx

Rating 1704 advantageclearancelong
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Puzzle 00IMS

Rating 1706 clearancecrushingkingsideAttack
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Puzzle 0MXFn

Rating 1706 clearancekingsideAttackmate
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Puzzle 0FUU2

Rating 1708 clearancecrushingendgame
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Puzzle 0LkKx

Rating 1709 advantageattractionclearance
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Puzzle 0OFw2

Rating 1710 advantageclearancelong
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Puzzle 0Aq3m

Rating 1714 attractionclearancecrushing
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Puzzle 072sf

Rating 1725 clearancecrushingmiddlegame
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Puzzle 0E3m8

Rating 1726 clearancecrushingfork
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Puzzle 0MHoI

Rating 1726 advancedPawnadvantageclearance
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Puzzle 0O7Wi

Rating 1728 attractionclearancecrushing
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Puzzle 0NDxl

Rating 1735 advantageclearancemiddlegame
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Puzzle 0GPrH

Rating 1747 advantageclearancelong
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Puzzle 0GaUS

Rating 1748 clearancecrushingdiscoveredAttack
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Puzzle 0Rh39

Rating 1748 clearancecrushinglong
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