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 1065
hookMatematemateIn2
foundation
Rating 1065
advantagemiddlegamepin
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Rating 1065
matemateIn2middlegame
foundation
Rating 1065
hangingPiecematemateIn1
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Rating 1065
advantageintermezzomiddlegame
foundation
Rating 1065
advantagedeflectionmiddlegame
foundation
Rating 1066
matemateIn2middlegame
foundation
Rating 1066
advantageforkmaster
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Rating 1066
advantageforkmiddlegame
foundation
Rating 1066
backRankMatelongmate
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Rating 1066
advantagemiddlegameshort
foundation
Rating 1067
advantageforkmaster
foundation
Rating 1067
advantageattractionexposedKing
foundation
Rating 1067
crushingmiddlegameshort
foundation
Rating 1067
kingsideAttackmastermate
foundation
Rating 1067
kingsideAttackmatemateIn2
foundation
Rating 1067
matemateIn2middlegame
foundation
Rating 1067
matemateIn2middlegame
foundation
Rating 1067
matemateIn1middlegame
foundation
Rating 1067
advantageforkmiddlegame
foundation
Rating 1067
cornerMatematemateIn2
foundation
Rating 1068
matemateIn1middlegame
foundation
Rating 1068
crushingdiscoveredAttackmiddlegame
foundation
Rating 1068
kingsideAttacklongmate
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