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 1179
dovetailMatematemateIn2
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advantagekingsideAttackmiddlegame
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kingsideAttackmatemateIn2
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advantagemiddlegameshort
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capturingDefendercrushingfork
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Rating 1180
matemateIn2middlegame
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Rating 1180
crushingdeflectionmiddlegame
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Rating 1180
crushingmiddlegameshort
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Rating 1180
advantageforkmiddlegame
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Rating 1180
kingsideAttackmatemateIn2
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Rating 1180
advancedPawnclearancemate
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advantagemiddlegameshort
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Rating 1180
kingsideAttackmatemateIn1
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Rating 1180
matemateIn1middlegame
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Rating 1180
advantageattractiondeflection
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Rating 1180
crushingmiddlegamepin
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Rating 1180
crushingforkmaster
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Rating 1181
advantagediscoveredAttackmiddlegame
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matemateIn1middlegame
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Rating 1181
attackingF2F7matemateIn1
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Rating 1181
attackingF2F7matemateIn2
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Rating 1181
crushingforklong
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Rating 1181
crushingforkmiddlegame
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backRankMatelongmate
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