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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 169–192 of 1653 matching records

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Puzzle 0Dumv

Rating 756 hangingPiecekingsideAttackmate
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Puzzle 0eg99

Rating 756 backRankMateendgamehangingPiece
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Puzzle 0Ab9p

Rating 757 anastasiaMateendgamehangingPiece
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Puzzle 0jhLq

Rating 757 crushinghangingPieceopening
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Puzzle 0pSWm

Rating 757 endgamehangingPiecemate
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Puzzle 0UI3M

Rating 757 hangingPiecematemateIn2
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Puzzle 08IE5

Rating 758 hangingPiecekingsideAttackmate
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Puzzle 0kB2g

Rating 758 backRankMateendgamehangingPiece
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Puzzle 0iddn

Rating 761 backRankMateendgamehangingPiece
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Puzzle 0nRzT

Rating 762 backRankMatehangingPiecemate
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Puzzle 0Cnp1

Rating 763 endgamehangingPiecemate
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Puzzle 0Y23I

Rating 763 hangingPiecematemateIn1
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Puzzle 08MJl

Rating 764 backRankMateendgamehangingPiece
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Puzzle 0PPCi

Rating 764 hangingPiecekingsideAttackmate
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Puzzle 0AgAY

Rating 765 endgamehangingPiecemate
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Puzzle 0cZCd

Rating 767 hangingPiecematemateIn2
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Puzzle 0n98X

Rating 767 endgamehangingPiecemate
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Puzzle 0vUVA

Rating 767 hangingPiecekingsideAttackmate
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Puzzle 0Gib9

Rating 768 backRankMateendgamehangingPiece
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Puzzle 0VoX9

Rating 768 endgamehangingPiecemate
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Puzzle 01I0q

Rating 769 hangingPiecekingsideAttackmate
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Puzzle 0BL23

Rating 769 hangingPiecematemateIn1
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Puzzle 0Lhyn

Rating 770 hangingPiecekingsideAttackmate
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Puzzle 0MvVG

Rating 771 advantagehangingPiecemiddlegame
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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