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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 0I8AA

Rating 2739 clearancecrushingmiddlegame
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Puzzle 1yTlD

Rating 2739 advantageclearancemiddlegame
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Puzzle 0qWCA

Rating 2740 clearancecrushingendgame
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Puzzle 2B5Mt

Rating 2740 advancedPawnclearancecrushing
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Puzzle 0oP81

Rating 2741 clearancecrushingkingsideAttack
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Puzzle 17LyV

Rating 2743 advantageclearanceopening
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Puzzle 11aNW

Rating 2749 advantageclearancekingsideAttack
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Puzzle 1N96k

Rating 2749 clearancecrushingdefensiveMove
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Puzzle 2G2v2

Rating 2751 advantageclearanceendgame
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Puzzle 1M0p3

Rating 2754 clearancecrushingmiddlegame
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Puzzle 1dr7t

Rating 2755 advancedPawnadvantageattraction
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Puzzle 1wkce

Rating 2756 clearancecrushingmiddlegame
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Puzzle 0Cg5x

Rating 2759 advancedPawnclearancecollinearMove
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Puzzle 0fnpF

Rating 2759 advantageclearancediscoveredAttack
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Puzzle 2Fib7

Rating 2759 advantageclearancemaster
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Puzzle 0cfeg

Rating 2760 advantageclearanceendgame
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Puzzle 04S0T

Rating 2763 advantageclearancemaster
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Puzzle 0fx02

Rating 2763 advantageclearancecollinearMove
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Puzzle 1DMze

Rating 2763 advantageclearanceendgame
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Puzzle 0ovfx

Rating 2764 advancedPawnclearancecrushing
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Puzzle 19vLZ

Rating 2765 advantageclearanceexposedKing
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