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 1071
mastermatemateIn1
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Rating 1071
mastermatemateIn1
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Rating 1071
backRankMatelongmate
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advantagemiddlegameshort
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kingsideAttackmatemateIn2
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Rating 1071
matemateIn1middlegame
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Rating 1072
longmatemateIn3
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Rating 1072
crushingdiscoveredAttackmiddlegame
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Rating 1072
matemateIn1middlegame
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Rating 1072
matemateIn2middlegame
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Rating 1073
attractionmatemateIn2
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Rating 1073
matemateIn1middlegame
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Rating 1073
crushinglongmiddlegame
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Rating 1073
advantageforkmiddlegame
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Rating 1073
advantageforkmiddlegame
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Rating 1074
advantageforkhangingPiece
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Rating 1074
discoveredAttackkingsideAttackmate
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Rating 1074
advantageinterferencelong
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Rating 1074
crushingdiscoveredAttackdiscoveredCheck
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Rating 1074
matemateIn1middlegame
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Rating 1074
crushingforkmiddlegame
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Rating 1074
advantagemiddlegameshort
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Rating 1075
advantagemiddlegameshort
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Rating 1075
matemateIn2middlegame
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