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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.

Showing 49–72 of 892 matching records

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Puzzle 0GSX1

Rating 1166 clearanceendgamekillBoxMate
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Puzzle 0AjV2

Rating 1167 clearancecrushingendgame
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Puzzle 0LO0c

Rating 1167 clearancekingsideAttackmate
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Puzzle 038TX

Rating 1176 backRankMateclearancefork
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Puzzle 09Yru

Rating 1178 advantageclearanceendgame
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Puzzle 09UWV

Rating 1179 clearancekingsideAttackmate
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Puzzle 0CR3L

Rating 1180 advancedPawnclearancemate
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Puzzle 0IYZi

Rating 1186 advantageclearanceendgame
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Puzzle 00aCb

Rating 1190 clearancekingsideAttackmate
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Puzzle 0AoHi

Rating 1194 advantageattractionclearance
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Puzzle 0Gx8K

Rating 1197 clearancecrushingendgame
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Puzzle 07y6y

Rating 1201 clearancekingsideAttackmate
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Puzzle 03CBj

Rating 1211 clearancecrushingendgame
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Puzzle 0E6Wc

Rating 1212 clearancekingsideAttacklong
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Puzzle 0KlBf

Rating 1212 clearancedeflectionendgame
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Puzzle 0SLq4

Rating 1218 clearancekingsideAttackmaster
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Puzzle 07UFy

Rating 1220 advancedPawnclearancecrushing
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Puzzle 0DxN7

Rating 1220 clearancecrushingexposedKing
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Puzzle 05E1y

Rating 1222 backRankMateclearancelong
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Puzzle 0JLKB

Rating 1230 advancedPawnadvantageclearance
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