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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 145–168 of 1653 matching records

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Puzzle 0540T

Rating 733 endgamehangingPiecemaster
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Puzzle 06Aiy

Rating 733 backRankMatehangingPiecemate
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Puzzle 0a8v4

Rating 733 crushinghangingPiecemaster
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Puzzle 0TawQ

Rating 734 hangingPiecekingsideAttackmate
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Puzzle 0G7zQ

Rating 737 advantageendgamehangingPiece
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Puzzle 0s6wa

Rating 737 hangingPiecekingsideAttackmaster
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Puzzle 0sMBG

Rating 738 endgamehangingPiecekingsideAttack
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Puzzle 0W6Mx

Rating 738 endgamehangingPiecemaster
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Puzzle 0D8WQ

Rating 739 hangingPiecematemateIn1
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Puzzle 069i5

Rating 740 backRankMateendgamehangingPiece
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Puzzle 0xFCg

Rating 740 backRankMateendgamehangingPiece
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Puzzle 0kogH

Rating 741 hangingPiecekingsideAttackmate
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Puzzle 09Q8i

Rating 742 hangingPiecekingsideAttackmaster
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Puzzle 0R85D

Rating 745 hangingPiecematemateIn1
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Puzzle 0Woqt

Rating 745 crushingendgamehangingPiece
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Puzzle 0N5kl

Rating 748 hangingPiecematemateIn1
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Puzzle 0clbs

Rating 749 endgamehangingPiecemate
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Puzzle 0w29F

Rating 749 hangingPiecekingsideAttackmate
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Puzzle 0SVoQ

Rating 751 crushinghangingPieceopening
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Puzzle 09ObR

Rating 752 hangingPiecematemateIn1
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Puzzle 0iayv

Rating 752 crushingendgamehangingPiece
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Puzzle 0YHoa

Rating 753 hangingPiecekingsideAttackmate
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Puzzle 0bz8B

Rating 754 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