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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.

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Puzzle 0KVKm

Rating 2212 advantageclearancemiddlegame
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Puzzle 0z2rh

Rating 2219 clearancecrushingkingsideAttack
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Puzzle 0ANaq

Rating 2220 advancedPawnclearancecrushing
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Puzzle 0u0rd

Rating 2222 clearancecrushingendgame
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Puzzle 04ACF

Rating 2225 clearancecrushingdeflection
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Puzzle 0enKP

Rating 2225 clearancecrushingmiddlegame
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Puzzle 0DQAL

Rating 2228 clearancecrushingendgame
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Puzzle 00VlM

Rating 2229 advantageclearancedeflection
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Puzzle 0U9to

Rating 2229 clearancecrushingendgame
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Puzzle 0IlnV

Rating 2231 advancedPawnadvantageclearance
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Puzzle 0mPiz

Rating 2231 advantageclearancekingsideAttack
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Puzzle 0qvOp

Rating 2231 advantageattractionclearance
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Puzzle 0HJ6B

Rating 2232 clearancecrushingmiddlegame
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Puzzle 0AcRz

Rating 2234 advantageclearancedefensiveMove
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Puzzle 07QyJ

Rating 2240 advancedPawnadvantageclearance
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Puzzle 0QqvX

Rating 2241 advantageclearancemaster
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Puzzle 0A5s6

Rating 2243 clearanceintermezzokingsideAttack
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Puzzle 0PQ2P

Rating 2244 bishopEndgameclearancecrushing
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Puzzle 0ez13

Rating 2246 clearancecrushingendgame
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Puzzle 0JOp8

Rating 2246 clearancecrushingdefensiveMove
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