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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 241–264 of 892 matching records

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Puzzle 0TWy6

Rating 1750 advantageclearancelong
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Puzzle 005HG

Rating 1752 advantageclearancefork
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Puzzle 06TSi

Rating 1754 advancedPawnbishopEndgameclearance
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Puzzle 0RKkO

Rating 1759 advantageclearancemiddlegame
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Puzzle 0UxlI

Rating 1759 advantageclearancemiddlegame
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Puzzle 074Hj

Rating 1761 clearancekingsideAttackmate
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Puzzle 00Ar2

Rating 1762 advantageclearancelong
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Puzzle 00Huv

Rating 1763 clearancecrushingendgame
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Puzzle 0DCvF

Rating 1770 advantageclearancelong
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Puzzle 0B4bV

Rating 1771 advantageclearanceendgame
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Puzzle 09eZH

Rating 1774 advancedPawnbishopEndgameclearance
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Puzzle 0JtdZ

Rating 1777 advantageclearancediscoveredAttack
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Puzzle 0PuKD

Rating 1788 advancedPawnadvantageclearance
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Puzzle 0QiCy

Rating 1789 clearancecrushingkingsideAttack
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Puzzle 0L32p

Rating 1792 attractionclearancecrushing
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Puzzle 07dkk

Rating 1793 clearancecrushingendgame
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Puzzle 0MbZF

Rating 1801 clearancecrushinglong
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Puzzle 0EyGr

Rating 1803 clearancecrushingexposedKing
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Puzzle 0KzLJ

Rating 1803 clearancedeflectionmate
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Puzzle 0L1PI

Rating 1812 advantageclearancefork
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Puzzle 0I7ME

Rating 1815 clearancecrushingkingsideAttack
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