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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 745–768 of 1653 matching records

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Puzzle 0KEhN

Rating 1523 advantageendgamehangingPiece
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Puzzle 0JrdJ

Rating 1525 advantagedefensiveMovehangingPiece
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Puzzle 0CGG1

Rating 1526 crushingendgameexposedKing
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Puzzle 0CF33

Rating 1529 advantagehangingPiecemiddlegame
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Puzzle 0OdV7

Rating 1530 advantagehangingPieceopening
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Puzzle 0BGfH

Rating 1531 advantagehangingPiecemiddlegame
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Puzzle 0Enqy

Rating 1534 advantagehangingPiecemiddlegame
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Puzzle 0NrOq

Rating 1534 crushingdefensiveMoveendgame
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Puzzle 08QZq

Rating 1535 advantagehangingPiecelong
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Puzzle 0D5Vn

Rating 1535 advantagedefensiveMoveendgame
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Puzzle 06yUK

Rating 1536 crushinghangingPieceintermezzo
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Puzzle 0MEFV

Rating 1537 advantageendgamehangingPiece
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Puzzle 05J0M

Rating 1539 advantagehangingPiecelong
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Puzzle 0ITA9

Rating 1539 crushingendgamehangingPiece
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Puzzle 00qIK

Rating 1540 advantagehangingPieceintermezzo
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Puzzle 0L51D

Rating 1540 hangingPiecematemateIn1
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Puzzle 02cv1

Rating 1542 advantagehangingPiecemiddlegame
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Puzzle 05pcB

Rating 1542 advantagehangingPiecemiddlegame
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Puzzle 06aNt

Rating 1542 crushinghangingPiecemiddlegame
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Puzzle 0Cmbe

Rating 1542 crushinghangingPiecelong
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Puzzle 021Ww

Rating 1544 crushingendgamehangingPiece
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Puzzle 05t9I

Rating 1548 advantageendgamehangingPiece
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Puzzle 0PG4y

Rating 1548 advantagedefensiveMovehangingPiece
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Puzzle 0RdYf

Rating 1549 endgamehangingPiecelong
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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