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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 25–48 of 892 matching records

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Puzzle 00oYS

Rating 1039 advancedPawnclearancecrushing
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Puzzle 0C58k

Rating 1052 clearancecrushingkingsideAttack
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Puzzle 073l1

Rating 1055 backRankMateclearancedeflection
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Puzzle 0Ey3i

Rating 1077 advantageclearancediscoveredAttack
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Puzzle 00Pc8

Rating 1082 advantageclearancefork
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Puzzle 05bPj

Rating 1083 clearancekingsideAttackmate
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Puzzle 01f0q

Rating 1093 clearancekingsideAttackmate
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Puzzle 05ev2

Rating 1093 clearancecrushingendgame
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Puzzle 00M92

Rating 1103 clearancekingsideAttackmate
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Puzzle 0Hqsf

Rating 1113 advantageclearanceendgame
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Puzzle 0MiBR

Rating 1116 advantageclearanceendgame
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Puzzle 0NzZs

Rating 1122 advantageclearancediscoveredAttack
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Puzzle 0AZ4O

Rating 1125 advantageclearanceexposedKing
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Puzzle 0JK2X

Rating 1125 advantageclearanceendgame
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Puzzle 09ejH

Rating 1139 clearancekingsideAttackmate
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Puzzle 04e55

Rating 1156 clearancekingsideAttackmate
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Puzzle 07hih

Rating 1156 advantageclearancekingsideAttack
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Puzzle 07B8q

Rating 1157 advantageclearanceendgame
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Puzzle 0DKW0

Rating 1158 advantageclearanceendgame
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