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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 793–816 of 892 matching records

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Puzzle 0FFta

Rating 2685 clearancecrushingendgame
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Puzzle 0Y2Ax

Rating 2686 advantageclearanceendgame
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Puzzle 1Odbl

Rating 2686 advantageclearancemiddlegame
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Puzzle 1Icl4

Rating 2687 advantageattractionclearance
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Puzzle 0LFRy

Rating 2688 advantageclearancemiddlegame
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Puzzle 1xJUS

Rating 2691 advantageattractionclearance
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Puzzle 0FwA9

Rating 2692 clearancecrushingendgame
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Puzzle 0waFK

Rating 2693 advancedPawnadvantageclearance
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Puzzle 2113b

Rating 2695 clearancecrushingexposedKing
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Puzzle 2EvNg

Rating 2695 advantageclearanceendgame
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Puzzle 0ZDsR

Rating 2697 bishopEndgameclearancecrushing
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Puzzle 0Pnho

Rating 2698 clearancecrushingmiddlegame
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Puzzle 1JOpH

Rating 2698 clearancecrushingmiddlegame
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Puzzle 0rxUN

Rating 2699 clearancecrushingdeflection
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Puzzle 0QwBE

Rating 2700 clearancecrushingkingsideAttack
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Puzzle 276Eb

Rating 2700 advantageclearancekingsideAttack
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Puzzle 0Tmc7

Rating 2701 attractionclearancecrushing
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Puzzle 1h0CI

Rating 2703 clearancecrushingendgame
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