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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 385–408 of 1653 matching records

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Puzzle 0KKVK

Rating 1010 crushingdefensiveMoveendgame
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Puzzle 0BZ8F

Rating 1011 endgamehangingPiecemate
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Puzzle 0Nz6v

Rating 1013 crushingendgamehangingPiece
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Puzzle 01pz8

Rating 1014 endgamehangingPiecemate
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Puzzle 02a9L

Rating 1014 crushingendgamehangingPiece
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Puzzle 0Jxki

Rating 1014 advantageforkhangingPiece
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Puzzle 0A7YZ

Rating 1016 crushinghangingPiecemiddlegame
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Puzzle 0KS1N

Rating 1016 hangingPiecemastermate
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Puzzle 04G2a

Rating 1017 hangingPiecematemateIn1
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Puzzle 03Vfo

Rating 1023 crushingforkhangingPiece
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Puzzle 0IVo3

Rating 1025 advantagehangingPiecelong
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Puzzle 0NdZK

Rating 1026 advantagehangingPieceopening
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Puzzle 0NdL3

Rating 1027 hangingPiecematemateIn1
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Puzzle 0GXJp

Rating 1031 advancedPawncrushingendgame
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Puzzle 0D6eE

Rating 1032 backRankMateendgamehangingPiece
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Puzzle 0KAJX

Rating 1032 hangingPieceinterferencemate
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Puzzle 049Js

Rating 1033 advantagehangingPiecemaster
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Puzzle 057Kw

Rating 1033 crushinghangingPiecemiddlegame
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Puzzle 09mZt

Rating 1035 crushinghangingPiecemiddlegame
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Puzzle 078wL

Rating 1039 endgamehangingPiecemate
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Puzzle 0BAKu

Rating 1039 crushinghangingPiecelong
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Puzzle 06ORP

Rating 1042 endgamehangingPiecemate
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Puzzle 0DawP

Rating 1044 advantagehangingPiecemaster
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Puzzle 0GEPS

Rating 1046 crushingendgamehangingPiece
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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