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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.

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Puzzle 00AhO

Rating 1233 advantageclearancelong
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Puzzle 06T6r

Rating 1240 advantageattractionclearance
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Puzzle 0AGAH

Rating 1244 clearancekingsideAttackmate
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Puzzle 0SbHv

Rating 1261 advancedPawnclearancecrushing
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Puzzle 0Ebdu

Rating 1266 advancedPawnadvantageclearance
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Puzzle 01lij

Rating 1269 advantageclearancelong
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Puzzle 08Vip

Rating 1279 clearanceexposedKingkingsideAttack
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Puzzle 0RX8y

Rating 1279 clearancekingsideAttackmate
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Puzzle 04JNu

Rating 1281 advantageclearancelong
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Puzzle 0Hyqg

Rating 1295 advantageclearancelong
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Puzzle 04kz9

Rating 1296 clearancedeflectionkingsideAttack
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Puzzle 0IIS8

Rating 1300 clearancecrushingendgame
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Puzzle 0Ii0m

Rating 1310 advantageclearancefork
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Puzzle 0RMsO

Rating 1313 clearancecrushingendgame
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Puzzle 0H2vX

Rating 1314 clearancekingsideAttackmate
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Puzzle 0M86x

Rating 1318 advantageattractionclearance
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Puzzle 0FNZF

Rating 1346 clearancecrushingmiddlegame
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