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 1014
crushingdiscoveredAttackdiscoveredCheck
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Rating 1015
backRankMatelongmate
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Rating 1015
advantagemiddlegameshort
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Rating 1015
advantagemiddlegameshort
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Rating 1015
advantageforkmiddlegame
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Rating 1015
forkmatemateIn2
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Rating 1015
crushingmiddlegamepin
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Rating 1016
advantagekingsideAttackmiddlegame
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Rating 1016
crushinghangingPiecemiddlegame
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Rating 1016
matemateIn2middlegame
foundation
Rating 1016
deflectionmatemateIn2
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Rating 1016
hangingPiecemastermate
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Rating 1017
crushingdiscoveredAttackmiddlegame
foundation
Rating 1017
hangingPiecematemateIn1
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Rating 1017
crushingmiddlegameshort
foundation
Rating 1017
kingsideAttackmatemateIn2
foundation
Rating 1017
matemateIn1middlegame
foundation
Rating 1017
advantageintermezzomiddlegame
foundation
Rating 1017
crushingkingsideAttackmiddlegame
foundation
Rating 1017
crushingmiddlegamepin
foundation
Rating 1017
crushingdeflectionmiddlegame
foundation
Rating 1018
matemateIn2middlegame
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Rating 1018
crushingkingsideAttackmiddlegame
foundation
Rating 1018
anastasiaMatelongmate
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