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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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Showing 865–888 of 892 matching records

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Puzzle 0n8nJ

Rating 2766 advantagecastlingclearance
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Puzzle 14Pj5

Rating 2766 advantageclearancekingsideAttack
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Puzzle 16ooR

Rating 2767 clearancecrushingopening
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Puzzle 1m3bp

Rating 2768 clearancecrushingdefensiveMove
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Puzzle 0Vyd2

Rating 2770 clearancecrushingendgame
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Puzzle 1ceW5

Rating 2770 advancedPawnclearancecrushing
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Puzzle 0VZfb

Rating 2772 clearancecrushingdefensiveMove
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Puzzle 1O9Bj

Rating 2772 advantageclearancekingsideAttack
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Puzzle 1UGIp

Rating 2773 clearancecrushingdefensiveMove
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Puzzle 0Ufzq

Rating 2774 advantageclearancemiddlegame
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Puzzle 1aNz5

Rating 2775 capturingDefenderclearancecrushing
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Puzzle 1j7Lb

Rating 2776 advantageclearancedefensiveMove
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Puzzle 2KUsN

Rating 2776 clearancecrushingmiddlegame
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Puzzle 06Pcm

Rating 2777 clearancecrushingendgame
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Puzzle 0TED7

Rating 2777 clearancecrushingdeflection
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Puzzle 0tRx2

Rating 2781 advantageclearancedefensiveMove
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Puzzle 107Qf

Rating 2783 advantageclearancedefensiveMove
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Puzzle 1Yfpv

Rating 2788 advantageclearancekingsideAttack
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Puzzle 2GR3x

Rating 2790 advancedPawnclearancecrushing
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Puzzle 2LXZ8

Rating 2791 advantageclearanceintermezzo
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Puzzle 0SOyp

Rating 2792 advantageclearancemiddlegame
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Puzzle 0eVpJ

Rating 2793 clearancecrushingdefensiveMove
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