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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 961–984 of 1653 matching records

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Puzzle 0N3m9

Rating 1777 crushinghangingPiecemiddlegame
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Puzzle 0EeKg

Rating 1778 crushinghangingPiecemiddlegame
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Puzzle 0Hgnb

Rating 1778 advantagediscoveredAttackdiscoveredCheck
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Puzzle 0Eonx

Rating 1781 advantageendgamehangingPiece
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Puzzle 0Q0Sl

Rating 1781 bishopEndgamecrushingdefensiveMove
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Puzzle 0JigZ

Rating 1783 advantagedefensiveMovehangingPiece
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Puzzle 0MPm9

Rating 1783 advantagedefensiveMovehangingPiece
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Puzzle 00008

Rating 1784 crushinghangingPiecelong
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Puzzle 00hxr

Rating 1784 advantagehangingPiecelong
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Puzzle 02Yx1

Rating 1784 crushingdefensiveMoveendgame
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Puzzle 04sEr

Rating 1788 advantagehangingPiecemiddlegame
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Puzzle 0SswA

Rating 1792 crushingdefensiveMoveendgame
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Puzzle 00ZAn

Rating 1794 advantagehangingPiecelong
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Puzzle 0Gs4M

Rating 1799 advantagehangingPiecemiddlegame
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Puzzle 0NMn8

Rating 1800 crushingdefensiveMoveendgame
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Puzzle 04crN

Rating 1801 advantagehangingPiecelong
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Puzzle 0DK7N

Rating 1802 crushinghangingPieceintermezzo
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Puzzle 0ViMI

Rating 1806 crushingendgamehangingPiece
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Puzzle 02V2j

Rating 1807 crushingendgamehangingPiece
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Puzzle 0EK3b

Rating 1808 advantagehangingPiecelong
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Puzzle 0BpJx

Rating 1809 crushinghangingPiecelong
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Puzzle 0RnpW

Rating 1809 crushingendgamehangingPiece
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Puzzle 0VzF0

Rating 1809 advantagehangingPiecemiddlegame
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Puzzle 04Sku

Rating 1810 advantagedefensiveMovefork
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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