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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 289–312 of 892 matching records

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Puzzle 0YmSA

Rating 1881 clearancecrushinglong
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Puzzle 013Kj

Rating 1886 advantageclearancedefensiveMove
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Puzzle 02NO4

Rating 1887 advantagebishopEndgameclearance
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Puzzle 05wr2

Rating 1892 advantageclearancemiddlegame
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Puzzle 0Uu1n

Rating 1892 clearancecrushingmiddlegame
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Puzzle 042VG

Rating 1894 advantageclearanceendgame
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Puzzle 07D26

Rating 1894 advantageclearancelong
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Puzzle 0LMmm

Rating 1902 clearancecrushingfork
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Puzzle 0ORI3

Rating 1904 advantageattractionclearance
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Puzzle 0K5P5

Rating 1905 clearancecrushingendgame
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Puzzle 0C45d

Rating 1906 clearancekingsideAttackmate
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Puzzle 0UxMQ

Rating 1916 advancedPawnadvantageclearance
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Puzzle 0QuKy

Rating 1919 clearancecrushingendgame
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Puzzle 07gKp

Rating 1920 clearancekingsideAttacklong
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Puzzle 0IQR4

Rating 1922 clearancekingsideAttacklong
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Puzzle 0AZT4

Rating 1926 advancedPawnclearancecrushing
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Puzzle 0EwIB

Rating 1928 advantageclearancelong
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Puzzle 0OHGm

Rating 1930 advantageclearancelong
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Puzzle 0MSpO

Rating 1931 advantageclearanceendgame
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Puzzle 0YUgc

Rating 1932 advancedPawnadvantageclearance
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Puzzle 073Tp

Rating 1934 advantageclearancemiddlegame
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