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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 73–96 of 1653 matching records

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Puzzle 04xgD

Rating 676 endgamehangingPiecemate
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Puzzle 0cTYI

Rating 676 endgamehangingPiecemaster
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Puzzle 0KABj

Rating 677 endgamehangingPiecemate
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Puzzle 0Io8R

Rating 678 endgamehangingPiecemaster
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Puzzle 0pfz5

Rating 679 endgamehangingPiecemate
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Puzzle 08sVs

Rating 680 backRankMateendgamehangingPiece
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Puzzle 0wdqs

Rating 680 endgamehangingPiecemate
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Puzzle 0rBzm

Rating 681 endgamehangingPiecemate
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Puzzle 0EJCp

Rating 682 hangingPiecekingsideAttackmaster
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Puzzle 03Nb5

Rating 683 hangingPiecekingsideAttackmate
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Puzzle 0cXOt

Rating 683 hangingPiecematemateIn1
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Puzzle 0EZdP

Rating 683 endgamehangingPiecemaster
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Puzzle 05zfA

Rating 684 hangingPiecekingsideAttackmate
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Puzzle 0dkZq

Rating 684 hangingPiecematemateIn1
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Puzzle 02Or9

Rating 685 endgamehangingPiecemate
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Puzzle 0jCeA

Rating 685 backRankMatehangingPiecemate
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Puzzle 0rEiD

Rating 685 endgamehangingPiecemate
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Puzzle 0935i

Rating 686 advantagehangingPiecemiddlegame
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Puzzle 0GhU4

Rating 687 hangingPiecekingsideAttackmate
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Puzzle 0UGET

Rating 688 hangingPiecekingsideAttackmate
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Puzzle 0aXuT

Rating 689 endgamehangingPiecemate
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Puzzle 0q1wt

Rating 690 advantageforkhangingPiece
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Puzzle 0ScNq

Rating 690 hangingPiecematemateIn1
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Puzzle 0jYK2

Rating 693 endgamehangingPiecemate
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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