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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 49–72 of 1653 matching records

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Puzzle 0Ix0T

Rating 651 backRankMatehangingPiecemate
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Puzzle 0ZoZs

Rating 652 advantagehangingPiecelong
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Puzzle 0iAbY

Rating 653 backRankMateendgamehangingPiece
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Puzzle 01zWA

Rating 656 endgamehangingPiecemate
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Puzzle 04s0y

Rating 657 hangingPiecematemateIn1
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Puzzle 0T3yB

Rating 657 hangingPiecekingsideAttackmaster
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Puzzle 0EO3X

Rating 658 endgamehangingPiecemate
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Puzzle 021cG

Rating 659 endgamehangingPiecekingsideAttack
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Puzzle 025Et

Rating 660 endgamehangingPiecemate
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Puzzle 0HlXo

Rating 660 hangingPiecekingsideAttackmate
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Puzzle 0TbnO

Rating 660 hangingPiecekingsideAttackmate
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Puzzle 0WyUG

Rating 660 backRankMateendgamehangingPiece
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Puzzle 07wl3

Rating 662 hangingPiecematemateIn1
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Puzzle 0OLpW

Rating 664 hangingPiecematemateIn1
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Puzzle 05HWB

Rating 665 hangingPiecekingsideAttackmaster
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Puzzle 0bTcj

Rating 665 crushinghangingPiecekingsideAttack
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Puzzle 0c8jS

Rating 666 endgamehangingPiecemate
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Puzzle 0glQi

Rating 666 hangingPiecematemateIn1
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Puzzle 0h2Q8

Rating 667 hangingPiecematemateIn1
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Puzzle 0NEfy

Rating 667 hangingPiecematemateIn1
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Puzzle 0lbEC

Rating 668 endgamehangingPiecemaster
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Puzzle 04Mpq

Rating 670 endgamehangingPiecemate
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Puzzle 0CUVl

Rating 675 hangingPiecematemateIn1
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Puzzle 0ppK6

Rating 675 hangingPiecematemateIn1
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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