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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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More puzzle themes: Advanced pawn · Attacks on f2 / f7 · Attraction · Back-rank mate · Bishop endgame tactics · Capture the defender · Defensive move · Deflection · Discovered attack · Discovered check · All themes

Clearance Chess Puzzles

What is a clearance?

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What this set trains

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