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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 0ME5i

Rating 1452 advantageclearancelong
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Puzzle 0MP31

Rating 1452 advantageclearancedefensiveMove
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Puzzle 0RrIX

Rating 1454 advantageclearancemiddlegame
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Puzzle 0HJoc

Rating 1460 clearancekingsideAttackmate
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Puzzle 03YnY

Rating 1462 advancedPawnclearancecrushing
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Puzzle 0SXRr

Rating 1463 advantageclearanceexposedKing
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Puzzle 0KkeZ

Rating 1465 clearanceendgameexposedKing
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Puzzle 07yl7

Rating 1467 advantageclearancekingsideAttack
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Puzzle 0AnkR

Rating 1476 clearanceendgamekingsideAttack
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Puzzle 0GNZf

Rating 1478 clearancekingsideAttacklong
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Puzzle 05ZqP

Rating 1480 clearancekingsideAttacklong
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Puzzle 0Q49F

Rating 1491 advantageclearancefork
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Puzzle 0KQgE

Rating 1498 clearancecrushingendgame
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Puzzle 0JBXn

Rating 1500 advantageclearancelong
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Puzzle 04Rat

Rating 1504 advantageclearancefork
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Puzzle 0D1A1

Rating 1511 clearancekingsideAttackmate
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Puzzle 0P1jO

Rating 1511 clearancecrushingmaster
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Puzzle 09usI

Rating 1513 clearancekingsideAttacklong
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Puzzle 044c9

Rating 1519 advantageclearanceendgame
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