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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 193–216 of 892 matching records

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Puzzle 0BTl3

Rating 1654 clearancekingsideAttackmate
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Puzzle 0Cc7d

Rating 1654 advancedPawnadvantageclearance
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Puzzle 00eWz

Rating 1657 advantageclearancemaster
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Puzzle 02GrY

Rating 1657 clearancecrushingmiddlegame
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Puzzle 0Hzfu

Rating 1657 clearancecrushingendgame
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Puzzle 02b7E

Rating 1660 clearancediscoveredAttackdiscoveredCheck
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Puzzle 01hgA

Rating 1664 advantageclearanceendgame
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Puzzle 0Bhue

Rating 1668 clearancecrushingendgame
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Puzzle 0H9kr

Rating 1674 advancedPawnadvantageclearance
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Puzzle 03Sxg

Rating 1675 advancedPawnclearancecrushing
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Puzzle 09J8i

Rating 1677 backRankMateclearancelong
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Puzzle 0H9bx

Rating 1680 clearancecrushingdeflection
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Puzzle 0Psvo

Rating 1682 arabianMateclearanceexposedKing
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Puzzle 0QICl

Rating 1683 advantageclearanceexposedKing
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Puzzle 0OjcC

Rating 1686 advantageattractionclearance
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Puzzle 0Azp3

Rating 1687 advantageclearancemiddlegame
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Puzzle 0CAk4

Rating 1688 clearancecrushinglong
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Puzzle 07xSs

Rating 1691 advantageclearancelong
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Puzzle 0GqGt

Rating 1691 clearancecrushingendgame
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Puzzle 097CY

Rating 1694 advantageclearanceendgame
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