22530 real-game puzzles in this collection
What is a middlegame tactics?
The core of practical chess: full boards where combinations grow out of piece activity, weak squares and king exposure.
How to spot it
Tactics follow strategy — badly placed pieces, weak back ranks and loose pawns are the precursors. Scan for them and calculate the forcing moves they invite.
What this set trains
The broadest training diet available: every motif, in its natural habitat.
Foundation: 5550Developing: 4168Challenging: 4518Advanced: 8294
foundation
Rating 1000
mastermatemateIn2
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crushinglongmiddlegame
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backRankMatelongmate
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Rating 1000
advantagemiddlegameshort
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Rating 1001
advantagediscoveredAttackmiddlegame
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advantagemiddlegameshort
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Rating 1001
crushingforkmiddlegame
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Rating 1001
advantagediscoveredAttackmiddlegame
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Rating 1001
cornerMatekingsideAttackmate
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Rating 1001
matemateIn1middlegame
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Rating 1002
advantagemiddlegameshort
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Rating 1002
backRankMatematemateIn2
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Rating 1002
mastermatemateIn1
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Rating 1002
mastermatemateIn1
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Rating 1002
matemateIn1middlegame
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matemateIn1middlegame
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Rating 1002
kingsideAttackmatemateIn2
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Rating 1002
middlegame
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Rating 1002
discoveredAttackmatemateIn2
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Rating 1002
crushingkingsideAttackmiddlegame
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Rating 1002
crushingmiddlegamepin
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Rating 1003
advantagediscoveredAttackkingsideAttack
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Rating 1003
deflectionkingsideAttackmate
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Rating 1003
matemateIn1middlegame
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