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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 553–576 of 1653 matching records

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Puzzle 0PHc4

Rating 1265 endgamehangingPiecemate
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Puzzle 0RzQL

Rating 1266 crushingendgamehangingPiece
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Puzzle 00IF1

Rating 1267 crushingdefensiveMoveendgame
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Puzzle 0JaSV

Rating 1267 endgamehangingPiecemate
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Puzzle 0PAwn

Rating 1269 crushingendgamehangingPiece
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Puzzle 04Zsc

Rating 1273 crushingdefensiveMoveendgame
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Puzzle 0GnOR

Rating 1273 crushingendgamehangingPiece
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Puzzle 0JBf1

Rating 1273 crushinghangingPieceintermezzo
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Puzzle 00B8m

Rating 1275 crushingendgamehangingPiece
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Puzzle 0Ik0B

Rating 1275 advantagehangingPiecelong
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Puzzle 0SuTK

Rating 1277 advantagehangingPiecelong
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Puzzle 02O8w

Rating 1279 advantageforkhangingPiece
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Puzzle 0CMxs

Rating 1279 hangingPiecematemateIn2
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Puzzle 0SkMf

Rating 1281 crushinghangingPiecemiddlegame
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Puzzle 05Ou7

Rating 1283 hangingPiecematemateIn2
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Puzzle 0HsDk

Rating 1283 advantageendgamehangingPiece
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Puzzle 09joO

Rating 1284 crushingdefensiveMovehangingPiece
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Puzzle 0NgNm

Rating 1285 advantagehangingPieceintermezzo
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Puzzle 07I7d

Rating 1286 crushinghangingPiecelong
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Puzzle 0OylA

Rating 1287 advantageendgamehangingPiece
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Puzzle 00LI0

Rating 1289 crushinghangingPiecemiddlegame
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Puzzle 08jHb

Rating 1291 advantagehangingPiecemiddlegame
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Puzzle 0EfVy

Rating 1292 endgamehangingPiecemate
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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