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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 337–360 of 892 matching records

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Puzzle 0PGgz

Rating 1983 advantageattractionclearance
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Puzzle 0QLQv

Rating 1987 advantageclearancemiddlegame
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Puzzle 09W90

Rating 1998 advantageclearanceendgame
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Puzzle 0EszQ

Rating 1998 advancedPawnclearancecrushing
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Puzzle 0TUjd

Rating 2000 advantageclearancemiddlegame
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Puzzle 06eAS

Rating 2001 attractionclearancecrushing
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Puzzle 0EAda

Rating 2002 advantageclearancemiddlegame
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Puzzle 0GqWR

Rating 2003 clearancecrushingdeflection
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Puzzle 0VPfa

Rating 2006 advantageclearancemiddlegame
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Puzzle 0Y16V

Rating 2009 clearancecrushingendgame
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Puzzle 0O753

Rating 2011 advancedPawnclearancefork
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Puzzle 0Xw1k

Rating 2013 advantageclearanceendgame
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Puzzle 04KfT

Rating 2019 advancedPawnadvantageclearance
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Puzzle 0AoP3

Rating 2019 clearancecrushingdefensiveMove
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Puzzle 0ZWj4

Rating 2019 advancedPawnclearancecrushing
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Puzzle 0BAMa

Rating 2028 clearancecrushingendgame
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Puzzle 0VBKu

Rating 2028 clearancecrushingmiddlegame
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Puzzle 0iWvv

Rating 2031 clearancecrushingendgame
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Puzzle 0SQhM

Rating 2032 clearancecrushingendgame
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