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 1158
forkmastermate
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matemateIn2middlegame
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forkmatemateIn2
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Rating 1159
advancedPawnmatemateIn2
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Rating 1159
matemateIn1middlegame
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Rating 1160
crushingkingsideAttackmiddlegame
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Rating 1160
matemateIn1middlegame
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Rating 1160
matemateIn1middlegame
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Rating 1160
crushingdeflectioninterference
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Rating 1160
advantageintermezzomiddlegame
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Rating 1160
advantagehangingPiecemiddlegame
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Rating 1160
hangingPiecematemateIn2
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Rating 1160
crushinghangingPiecemiddlegame
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Rating 1160
crushingforkmiddlegame
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Rating 1160
matemateIn1middlegame
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Rating 1160
crushingmiddlegameshort
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Rating 1160
advantageintermezzomiddlegame
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Rating 1160
advantagemiddlegameshort
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Rating 1160
crushingforkmiddlegame
foundation
Rating 1161
matemateIn2middlegame
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Rating 1161
advantagehangingPiecemiddlegame
foundation
Rating 1161
matemateIn1middlegame
foundation
Rating 1161
advantagekingsideAttackmiddlegame
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Rating 1161
advantagelongmiddlegame
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