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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 0OADO

Rating 2283 advantageclearanceendgame
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Puzzle 0Pahz

Rating 2289 clearancecrushingmiddlegame
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Puzzle 00A8H

Rating 2296 clearancecrushingendgame
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Puzzle 0bDS2

Rating 2298 advantageclearancediscoveredAttack
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Puzzle 0LLx7

Rating 2298 advantageclearancedefensiveMove
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Puzzle 0aPpb

Rating 2299 clearancecrushingmiddlegame
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Puzzle 03NfT

Rating 2300 clearancecrushingdefensiveMove
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Puzzle 026gl

Rating 2301 clearancecrushingmiddlegame
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Puzzle 0YTpO

Rating 2302 advantageclearancemiddlegame
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Puzzle 0KnlQ

Rating 2306 clearancecrushingmiddlegame
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Puzzle 0TpMR

Rating 2306 attractionclearanceendgame
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Puzzle 0rlfe

Rating 2307 clearancecrushingkingsideAttack
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Puzzle 05FjH

Rating 2308 advantageclearancemiddlegame
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Puzzle 0djWZ

Rating 2311 clearancecrushingendgame
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Puzzle 0T8js

Rating 2311 clearancecrushingdefensiveMove
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Puzzle 0YMIh

Rating 2312 clearancecrushingendgame
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