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Defensive move 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.

4524 real-game puzzles in this collection

What is a defensive move?

Defensive puzzles ask you to hold, not to win: find the only move that parries the threat, escapes the net or forces perpetual resources for the defender.

How to spot it

Identify the opponent’s real threat first, then search for replies that neutralize it while conceding the least — counter-attacks and in-between checks included.

What this set trains

These sets build resilience under pressure — the skill that saves half-points and punishes overextended attacks.

Foundation: 141Developing: 333Challenging: 738Advanced: 3312
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Puzzle 05g7S

Rating 1972 advancedPawncrushingdefensiveMove
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Puzzle 0Df0P

Rating 1972 advancedPawnbishopEndgamecrushing
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Puzzle 0IMe2

Rating 1972 crushingdefensiveMoveendgame
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Puzzle 03Cge

Rating 1973 crushingdefensiveMoveendgame
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Puzzle 0D8Nk

Rating 1973 crushingdefensiveMoveendgame
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Puzzle 01Amj

Rating 1974 bishopEndgamecrushingdefensiveMove
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Puzzle 07bjx

Rating 1974 crushingdefensiveMoveendgame
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Puzzle 0HUqW

Rating 1974 crushingdefensiveMoveendgame
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Puzzle 0QiIc

Rating 1974 bishopEndgamecrushingdefensiveMove
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Puzzle 02AQs

Rating 1975 crushingdefensiveMoveendgame
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Puzzle 05dmY

Rating 1976 crushingdefensiveMoveendgame
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Puzzle 0DSjF

Rating 1976 advancedPawncrushingdefensiveMove
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Puzzle 0GkKe

Rating 1976 advantagedefensiveMovelong
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Puzzle 0Xq1f

Rating 1976 advancedPawncrushingdefensiveMove
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Puzzle 07uwr

Rating 1978 crushingdefensiveMoveendgame
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Puzzle 0In9Y

Rating 1978 crushingdefensiveMoveendgame
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Puzzle 0Vyqs

Rating 1979 advantagedefensiveMovelong
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Puzzle 0XEKS

Rating 1979 crushingdefensiveMovemaster
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Puzzle 0XkPp

Rating 1979 crushingdefensiveMoveendgame
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Puzzle 04xJJ

Rating 1980 advantagedefensiveMovelong
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Puzzle 07iNC

Rating 1980 crushingdefensiveMovemaster
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Puzzle 0A2Kx

Rating 1981 crushingdefensiveMoveexposedKing
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Puzzle 0BIew

Rating 1981 crushingdefensiveMoveendgame
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Puzzle 0Fqou

Rating 1981 advantagedefensiveMovefork
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