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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 0ENyD

Rating 1519 clearancecrushingkingsideAttack
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Puzzle 01gA2

Rating 1523 advantageclearancemiddlegame
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Puzzle 00ymq

Rating 1528 clearancecrushingmiddlegame
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Puzzle 0NbTd

Rating 1528 advantageclearancelong
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Puzzle 0PTK6

Rating 1528 clearancecrushingendgame
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Puzzle 0Fan1

Rating 1530 attractionclearancecrushing
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Puzzle 0Jql9

Rating 1534 attractionclearancecrushing
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Puzzle 06vv6

Rating 1546 advantageclearancediscoveredAttack
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Puzzle 07Dg7

Rating 1550 clearanceendgamekingsideAttack
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Puzzle 0Mcuz

Rating 1550 clearancekingsideAttacklong
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Puzzle 02cgy

Rating 1563 clearancekingsideAttacklong
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Puzzle 01MpA

Rating 1564 attractionclearancecrushing
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Puzzle 0BBMz

Rating 1572 clearancecrushingdeflection
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Puzzle 07OwW

Rating 1577 advantageclearancemiddlegame
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Puzzle 0R2ve

Rating 1588 advantageclearancefork
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Puzzle 0JIOD

Rating 1590 clearancekingsideAttacklong
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