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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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Puzzle 01StO

Rating 2479 clearancecrushingendgame
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Puzzle 04l2E

Rating 2479 clearancecrushingdefensiveMove
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Puzzle 0wQBr

Rating 2479 clearancecrushingkingsideAttack
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Puzzle 1Io18

Rating 2479 clearancecrushingdefensiveMove
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Puzzle 12DQK

Rating 2485 clearancecrushingdefensiveMove
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Puzzle 19By9

Rating 2485 advantageclearancemiddlegame
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Puzzle 02yjQ

Rating 2488 advantageclearanceenPassant
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Puzzle 0hKfk

Rating 2489 advancedPawnclearancecrushing
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Puzzle 05bW0

Rating 2494 attractionclearancecrushing
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Puzzle 0QNtQ

Rating 2495 advantageclearanceendgame
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Puzzle 0tBYN

Rating 2498 advantageclearanceendgame
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Puzzle 1DHgl

Rating 2498 clearancecrushingmiddlegame
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Puzzle 0u7yD

Rating 2499 advantageclearancemaster
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Puzzle 1fhqu

Rating 2499 advantageclearancedefensiveMove
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Puzzle 0if5P

Rating 2500 clearancecrushinghangingPiece
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Puzzle 1ISTe

Rating 2500 clearancecrushingendgame
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Puzzle 1SeCE

Rating 2502 clearancecrushingdefensiveMove
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Puzzle 1Oj2l

Rating 2505 clearancecrushingendgame
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Puzzle 0uZQ1

Rating 2506 advancedPawnclearancecrushing
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Puzzle 0U52w

Rating 2508 clearancecrushingendgame
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Puzzle 0lmLI

Rating 2517 advantageclearancedeflection
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