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
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Rating 1033
matemateIn2middlegame
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Rating 1033
crushingdiscoveredAttackmiddlegame
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Rating 1034
advancedPawnattractionmate
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Rating 1034
matemateIn1middlegame
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Rating 1034
clearancematemateIn2
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Rating 1034
matemateIn1middlegame
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Rating 1034
matemateIn1middlegame
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Rating 1034
advantagediscoveredAttackdiscoveredCheck
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Rating 1034
crushingforkmiddlegame
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Rating 1034
backRankMatematemateIn2
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Rating 1035
crushinghangingPiecemiddlegame
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Rating 1035
advantageforkmiddlegame
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Rating 1035
backRankMatematemateIn2
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Rating 1035
advantageforkmiddlegame
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Rating 1035
hookMatematemateIn1
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Rating 1035
kingsideAttackmatemateIn1
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Rating 1036
kingsideAttackmastermate
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Rating 1036
matemateIn2middlegame
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Rating 1036
advantagediscoveredAttackmaster
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Rating 1036
advantagemiddlegameshort
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Rating 1036
advantageforkmaster
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Rating 1036
matemateIn1middlegame
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Rating 1037
advantagemiddlegameshort
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Rating 1037
matemateIn1middlegame
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