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Hanging piece 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.

1653 real-game puzzles in this collection

What is a hanging piece?

A hanging piece is simply an enemy unit left undefended or under-defended. The tactic is direct: attack it faster than it can be saved, or capture it outright.

How to spot it

Every move, scan all enemy pieces and count their defenders. Puzzle positions hide the loose piece behind a distracting threat or an inviting but inferior alternative.

What this set trains

This set trains the discipline of the loose-piece scan — the cheapest rating points available to any improving player.

Foundation: 500Developing: 315Challenging: 317Advanced: 521

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24 shown from 49500 locally materialized records.

Showing 361–384 of 1653 matching records

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Puzzle 05lsU

Rating 973 backRankMatehangingPiecemate
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Puzzle 0MwMv

Rating 973 backRankMateendgamehangingPiece
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Puzzle 0HeJV

Rating 975 hangingPiecekingsideAttackmate
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Puzzle 041LR

Rating 976 crushinghangingPiecemiddlegame
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Puzzle 07ME7

Rating 978 advantagehangingPieceintermezzo
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Puzzle 0P7ID

Rating 982 advantagehangingPiecemaster
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Puzzle 05yYJ

Rating 983 advantagehangingPiecemiddlegame
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Puzzle 0K6gA

Rating 983 hangingPiecematemateIn2
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Puzzle 0NKXY

Rating 983 advantageendgamehangingPiece
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Puzzle 0PWeF

Rating 986 advancedPawnbishopEndgamecrushing
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Puzzle 08Ag8

Rating 987 advantagedefensiveMovehangingPiece
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Puzzle 00xa4

Rating 991 advantageendgamehangingPiece
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Puzzle 0A6xj

Rating 991 hangingPiecematemateIn1
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Puzzle 0FGee

Rating 993 advantageendgamehangingPiece
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Puzzle 0CJMN

Rating 994 hangingPiecekingsideAttackmate
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Puzzle 0LU04

Rating 994 advantageendgamehangingPiece
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Puzzle 0CAjn

Rating 996 advantagehangingPiecemiddlegame
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Puzzle 0GIjw

Rating 996 advantageendgamehangingPiece
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Puzzle 09bGw

Rating 997 crushingdefensiveMoveendgame
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Puzzle 0M7NV

Rating 997 advantagehangingPiecemiddlegame
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Puzzle 0IkBm

Rating 998 hangingPiecematemateIn2
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Puzzle 0FVXK

Rating 1003 hangingPiecematemateIn1
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Puzzle 0JoLP

Rating 1008 hangingPiecekingsideAttackmate
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Puzzle 0D68N

Rating 1010 advantageendgamehangingPiece
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More puzzle themes: Advanced pawn · Attacks on f2 / f7 · Attraction · Back-rank mate · Bishop endgame tactics · Capture the defender · Clearance · Defensive move · Deflection · Discovered attack · All themes