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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 529–552 of 1653 matching records

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Puzzle 0Ffq1

Rating 1237 advantagehangingPiecemaster
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Puzzle 08AvB

Rating 1239 endgamehangingPiecemate
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Puzzle 0LcD2

Rating 1242 crushingendgamehangingPiece
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Puzzle 0Im0f

Rating 1244 crushingendgamehangingPiece
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Puzzle 0T9Gx

Rating 1244 crushingendgamehangingPiece
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Puzzle 02EGv

Rating 1246 advantageendgamehangingPiece
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Puzzle 0BURM

Rating 1249 advantagehangingPiecemaster
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Puzzle 06CUg

Rating 1251 crushinghangingPieceintermezzo
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Puzzle 097Ea

Rating 1251 advantagehangingPiecemiddlegame
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Puzzle 0JrCg

Rating 1251 advantagehangingPiecemaster
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Puzzle 0QDBE

Rating 1251 advancedPawncrushingendgame
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Puzzle 0Mw3G

Rating 1252 hangingPiecematemateIn1
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Puzzle 0FYyb

Rating 1254 advantagehangingPiecelong
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Puzzle 0NaEa

Rating 1255 advantagehangingPieceopening
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Puzzle 0DtS7

Rating 1256 advantagehangingPiecemiddlegame
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Puzzle 0PAkC

Rating 1259 advancedPawncrushingendgame
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Puzzle 04CtU

Rating 1261 advantagehangingPieceopening
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Puzzle 0AHDB

Rating 1261 crushinghangingPiecemiddlegame
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Puzzle 0EzQx

Rating 1261 advantagehangingPieceintermezzo
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Puzzle 0DAHs

Rating 1262 advantagehangingPiecemiddlegame
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Puzzle 00tbH

Rating 1264 advantagehangingPiecemiddlegame
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Puzzle 0ICJl

Rating 1265 crushingdefensiveMoveendgame
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Puzzle 0JM3A

Rating 1265 backRankMatehangingPiecelong
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