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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 0MYzS

Rating 1347 clearancecrushingmiddlegame
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Puzzle 03XpN

Rating 1352 advantageclearanceendgame
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Puzzle 00PHg

Rating 1356 advancedPawnadvantageclearance
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Puzzle 0KpCk

Rating 1356 advantageattractionclearance
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Puzzle 0GEMQ

Rating 1359 advancedPawnclearancecrushing
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Puzzle 0O9QB

Rating 1359 advancedPawnadvantageclearance
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Puzzle 081wx

Rating 1360 advantageclearancekingsideAttack
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Puzzle 0JOpw

Rating 1361 advantageclearanceendgame
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Puzzle 02vM9

Rating 1366 clearancecrushingexposedKing
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Puzzle 0Hy93

Rating 1375 clearancecrushingendgame
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Puzzle 0Logq

Rating 1376 advantageattractionclearance
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Puzzle 0CCEb

Rating 1383 advantageclearancefork
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Puzzle 06BHM

Rating 1390 clearancecrushingdiscoveredAttack
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Puzzle 0ApyM

Rating 1393 advantageclearancefork
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Puzzle 0LzrR

Rating 1400 advantageclearancelong
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Puzzle 0LxVF

Rating 1402 clearancekingsideAttackmate
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Puzzle 0Qo7W

Rating 1409 advantageclearancemaster
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Puzzle 0Bd0K

Rating 1410 clearancekillBoxMatemate
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Puzzle 0SQHL

Rating 1411 advancedPawnclearancecrushing
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Puzzle 04LYr

Rating 1443 advantageclearancemiddlegame
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Puzzle 045gE

Rating 1449 clearancecrushingendgame
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