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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 265–288 of 892 matching records

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Puzzle 0RZsD

Rating 1815 clearancecrushingdefensiveMove
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Puzzle 0ZAKY

Rating 1817 clearancecrushingdefensiveMove
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Puzzle 05IZx

Rating 1826 advantageattractionclearance
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Puzzle 0ZNtH

Rating 1826 advancedPawnclearancecrushing
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Puzzle 084JF

Rating 1828 clearancecrushinglong
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Puzzle 09i50

Rating 1837 clearancecrushingendgame
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Puzzle 045fP

Rating 1840 advantageclearancelong
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Puzzle 0Dj8e

Rating 1840 advantageclearancemaster
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Puzzle 0PgZc

Rating 1843 clearancecrushinglong
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Puzzle 0ZOYC

Rating 1844 advancedPawnclearancecrushing
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Puzzle 0QPrU

Rating 1847 clearancecrushingmiddlegame
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Puzzle 0HF5h

Rating 1848 clearancecrushingendgame
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Puzzle 0PuSm

Rating 1849 clearancecrushingdefensiveMove
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Puzzle 0XqV2

Rating 1854 advantageclearanceendgame
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Puzzle 0Ibjc

Rating 1857 advancedPawnclearancecrushing
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Puzzle 08B1A

Rating 1859 advantageclearanceexposedKing
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Puzzle 0PIZX

Rating 1859 advancedPawnclearancecrushing
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Puzzle 07BKU

Rating 1861 clearancecrushingkingsideAttack
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Puzzle 09D21

Rating 1862 attractionclearancecrushing
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Puzzle 0J5PE

Rating 1867 advantageclearanceendgame
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Puzzle 0HjbR

Rating 1868 clearancecrushingendgame
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Puzzle 0Dtx1

Rating 1875 clearancecrushingdiscoveredAttack
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Puzzle 0T9Pp

Rating 1879 advantageclearancediscoveredAttack
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