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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 0EHAr

Rating 2519 clearancecrushingdefensiveMove
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Puzzle 17NRe

Rating 2519 clearancecrushingendgame
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Puzzle 1OFbQ

Rating 2519 advancedPawnattractionclearance
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Puzzle 0KdmF

Rating 2522 advantageclearancemiddlegame
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Puzzle 0zoPK

Rating 2523 advantageclearancehangingPiece
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Puzzle 08gBX

Rating 2525 advantageclearancedefensiveMove
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Puzzle 0ktyi

Rating 2526 advantageclearancemaster
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Puzzle 1V3NC

Rating 2526 clearancecrushingdiscoveredAttack
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Puzzle 0MTGL

Rating 2530 clearancecrushingdefensiveMove
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Puzzle 0CUEj

Rating 2533 bishopEndgameclearancecrushing
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Puzzle 1PpTO

Rating 2535 advantageclearanceendgame
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Puzzle 03vYA

Rating 2537 clearancecrushingendgame
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Puzzle 18xRp

Rating 2538 clearancecrushingmiddlegame
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Puzzle 124tw

Rating 2540 advantageclearancedefensiveMove
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Puzzle 01Aoh

Rating 2542 advantageclearancedefensiveMove
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Puzzle 1haGF

Rating 2543 advantageclearancemiddlegame
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Puzzle 1BalJ

Rating 2545 clearancecrushingmiddlegame
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Puzzle 0i3dc

Rating 2549 clearancecrushingmiddlegame
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Puzzle 0rxAz

Rating 2549 clearancecrushingdefensiveMove
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Puzzle 0kFxk

Rating 2550 advancedPawnattractionclearance
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