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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 577–600 of 1653 matching records

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Puzzle 05VTZ

Rating 1294 crushinghangingPiecemiddlegame
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Puzzle 00Er4

Rating 1295 crushinghangingPiecemiddlegame
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Puzzle 0EVYN

Rating 1296 crushinghangingPiecelong
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Puzzle 08vbP

Rating 1297 hangingPiecematemateIn2
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Puzzle 0I2rW

Rating 1297 crushingendgamehangingPiece
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Puzzle 0K9xB

Rating 1297 attractioncrushinghangingPiece
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Puzzle 0BtZf

Rating 1303 crushingendgamehangingPiece
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Puzzle 0Fh76

Rating 1303 crushinghangingPiecemiddlegame
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Puzzle 0RCDh

Rating 1303 advantagehangingPiecemiddlegame
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Puzzle 0LvII

Rating 1304 bishopEndgamecrushingendgame
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Puzzle 0HAOv

Rating 1305 backRankMatehangingPiecemate
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Puzzle 042gq

Rating 1306 advantagehangingPiecemiddlegame
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Puzzle 0Kssw

Rating 1306 advantagedefensiveMovehangingPiece
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Puzzle 0MjyZ

Rating 1307 crushingendgamehangingPiece
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Puzzle 0Dz8O

Rating 1309 crushinghangingPiecemiddlegame
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Puzzle 0EIwo

Rating 1309 crushinghangingPiecemiddlegame
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Puzzle 0Tee2

Rating 1309 endgamehangingPiecemate
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Puzzle 04beQ

Rating 1310 advantagehangingPiecelong
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Puzzle 0MsmN

Rating 1310 equalityhangingPiecemiddlegame
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Puzzle 0OMus

Rating 1311 endgamehangingPiecekillBoxMate
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Puzzle 04Ncg

Rating 1315 crushinghangingPiecemiddlegame
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Puzzle 0IbaT

Rating 1317 advantagehangingPiecelong
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Puzzle 0DRfi

Rating 1318 endgameequalityhangingPiece
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Puzzle 0Q5Iz

Rating 1321 advantagedefensiveMovehangingPiece
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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