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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 721–744 of 1653 matching records

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Puzzle 05rib

Rating 1482 crushinghangingPiecekingsideAttack
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Puzzle 0FPPK

Rating 1482 hangingPiecematemateIn2
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Puzzle 02o0C

Rating 1485 advantagehangingPiecemiddlegame
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Puzzle 098JW

Rating 1487 advantagehangingPiecekingsideAttack
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Puzzle 07irA

Rating 1488 advantagehangingPiecelong
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Puzzle 0AiI0

Rating 1490 crushingdefensiveMoveendgame
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Puzzle 05010

Rating 1493 advantagehangingPieceopening
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Puzzle 089BI

Rating 1493 advantagehangingPieceopening
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Puzzle 02nXf

Rating 1496 advantagehangingPiecemaster
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Puzzle 0NQmm

Rating 1496 crushingendgamehangingPiece
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Puzzle 021aU

Rating 1498 advantageendgamehangingPiece
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Puzzle 0PX4C

Rating 1501 advantagedefensiveMoveendgame
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Puzzle 0JflT

Rating 1504 advantageendgamehangingPiece
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Puzzle 07PSG

Rating 1505 advantagehangingPiecelong
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Puzzle 09XB5

Rating 1507 advantagehangingPieceintermezzo
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Puzzle 0DrWi

Rating 1509 crushinghangingPiecelong
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Puzzle 0ShXT

Rating 1510 crushingdiscoveredAttackdiscoveredCheck
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Puzzle 0OD0a

Rating 1512 endgamehangingPiecekingsideAttack
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Puzzle 0No6U

Rating 1516 advantagehangingPiecemiddlegame
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Puzzle 0E01b

Rating 1519 advantagehangingPiecemiddlegame
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Puzzle 04KwW

Rating 1521 advantagehangingPiecelong
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Puzzle 0BCZr

Rating 1522 advantagehangingPiecemaster
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Puzzle 0ETrF

Rating 1523 advantageendgameexposedKing
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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