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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.

Showing 169–192 of 892 matching records

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Puzzle 0HVbO

Rating 1592 advancedPawnclearancecrushing
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Puzzle 01Ja1

Rating 1597 advantageclearanceendgame
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Puzzle 0DHbe

Rating 1598 advantageclearancemiddlegame
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Puzzle 01hEk

Rating 1600 clearancekingsideAttackmate
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Puzzle 07OuM

Rating 1602 advantageclearancediscoveredAttack
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Puzzle 03MWw

Rating 1606 advantageattractionclearance
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Puzzle 0QByz

Rating 1606 clearancecrushinglong
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Puzzle 01d2J

Rating 1611 clearancecrushingfork
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Puzzle 0N6Eq

Rating 1612 clearancecrushinglong
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Puzzle 0Dz3F

Rating 1615 advantageclearancemaster
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Puzzle 0G4T9

Rating 1615 clearanceepauletteMatemate
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Puzzle 0AYQp

Rating 1621 advantageclearancedeflection
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Puzzle 00UyQ

Rating 1631 advantageclearancefork
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Puzzle 0TuhN

Rating 1633 advantageclearancedeflection
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Puzzle 08iJP

Rating 1634 clearancecrushingfork
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Puzzle 0MgjV

Rating 1635 advantageclearancekingsideAttack
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Puzzle 0U34r

Rating 1638 advantageclearancedeflection
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Puzzle 00yfJ

Rating 1642 clearancecrushingmiddlegame
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Puzzle 0Fvam

Rating 1644 clearanceendgamemaster
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Puzzle 0FLrl

Rating 1649 clearancecrushingendgame
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Puzzle 0NtiE

Rating 1649 clearancecrushingdeflection
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Puzzle 00ldC

Rating 1650 advantageclearancedeflection
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Puzzle 00IUW

Rating 1654 clearancekingsideAttackmate
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