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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Rating 1366
advantagedefensiveMovehangingPiece
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Rating 1366
advantagehangingPiecelong
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Rating 1368
crushingendgameexposedKing
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Rating 1370
advantagehangingPiecelong
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Rating 1377
advantagehangingPiecemiddlegame
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Rating 1377
crushingdefensiveMoveendgame
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Rating 1377
advancedPawncrushingendgame
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Rating 1378
crushinghangingPiecekingsideAttack
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Rating 1378
advantagehangingPiecemaster
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Rating 1380
advantagediscoveredAttackhangingPiece
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Rating 1381
advantagehangingPieceintermezzo
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Rating 1382
advantageforkhangingPiece
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Rating 1382
advantagedefensiveMovehangingPiece
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Rating 1383
advantagehangingPiecemiddlegame
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Rating 1383
advantageendgamehangingPiece
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Rating 1384
crushingforkhangingPiece
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Rating 1386
advantagehangingPiecemiddlegame
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Rating 1390
advantagehangingPiecemiddlegame
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Rating 1391
crushinghangingPiecemiddlegame
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Rating 1393
hangingPiecematemateIn1
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Rating 1393
crushinghangingPiecekingsideAttack
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Rating 1393
advantagehangingPiecelong
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Rating 1394
advantagehangingPieceintermezzo
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Rating 1394
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