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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 193–216 of 1653 matching records

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Puzzle 0XL3a

Rating 771 backRankMatehangingPiecemate
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Puzzle 0GshR

Rating 772 endgamehangingPiecemaster
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Puzzle 0xu15

Rating 772 hangingPiecekingsideAttackmate
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Puzzle 0yyRz

Rating 772 advantagehangingPiecemiddlegame
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Puzzle 0ssD6

Rating 773 endgamehangingPiecemate
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Puzzle 00eCY

Rating 774 endgamehangingPiecemate
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Puzzle 09I5K

Rating 774 endgamehangingPiecemate
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Puzzle 0csSl

Rating 774 endgamehangingPiecemaster
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Puzzle 0pQuy

Rating 775 hangingPiecematemateIn1
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Puzzle 0udMA

Rating 775 endgamehangingPiecemate
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Puzzle 00CYP

Rating 776 hangingPiecematemateIn1
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Puzzle 0E8AU

Rating 776 endgamehangingPiecemate
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Puzzle 02MgK

Rating 777 backRankMateendgamehangingPiece
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Puzzle 021Lo

Rating 779 crushinghangingPiecemiddlegame
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Puzzle 0U6vs

Rating 779 crushinghangingPiecemiddlegame
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Puzzle 0uhvi

Rating 779 advantagehangingPiecemiddlegame
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Puzzle 0eDBl

Rating 781 backRankMateforkhangingPiece
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Puzzle 0kW7K

Rating 781 advantagehangingPiecemiddlegame
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Puzzle 0NoGh

Rating 781 hangingPiecekingsideAttackmate
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Puzzle 09Jel

Rating 782 endgamehangingPiecemate
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Puzzle 09A3q

Rating 784 hangingPiecekingsideAttackmate
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Puzzle 0RQJK

Rating 784 hangingPiecekingsideAttackmate
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Puzzle 0fT5c

Rating 787 hangingPiecematemateIn1
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