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 1116
matemateIn1middlegame
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Rating 1117
crushingkingsideAttackmiddlegame
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kingsideAttackmatemateIn2
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Rating 1117
crushingmastermiddlegame
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Rating 1117
advantageforklong
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Rating 1117
crushingdiscoveredAttackmaster
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Rating 1117
crushingmiddlegameshort
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Rating 1117
advantagemiddlegameshort
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Rating 1118
kingsideAttackmatemateIn1
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Rating 1118
advantagedefensiveMovelong
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Rating 1118
advantagediscoveredAttackmiddlegame
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Rating 1118
matemateIn1middlegame
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Rating 1118
matemateIn1middlegame
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Rating 1118
matemateIn2middlegame
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Rating 1119
crushingmiddlegameshort
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Rating 1119
kingsideAttackmatemateIn2
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Rating 1119
kingsideAttackmatemateIn1
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Rating 1119
matemateIn2middlegame
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Rating 1119
discoveredCheckdoubleCheckmate
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Rating 1119
crushingmiddlegameshort
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Rating 1119
crushingmiddlegameshort
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Rating 1119
matemateIn1middlegame
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Rating 1119
crushingmiddlegameshort
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Rating 1119
advantageforkmiddlegame
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