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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clearancematemateIn2
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kingsideAttackmatemateIn2
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crushingmiddlegameshort
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advancedPawncrushingmiddlegame
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advantageforkmiddlegame
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kingsideAttackmatemateIn1
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backRankMatelongmate
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Rating 1184
advantageforkmiddlegame
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crushingdiscoveredAttackkingsideAttack
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forkmatemateIn2
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advantagemiddlegamepin
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Rating 1184
crushingforkmiddlegame
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Rating 1184
crushingmastermiddlegame
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Rating 1184
kingsideAttackmatemateIn2
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Rating 1185
crushingforkmiddlegame
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crushingexposedKinglong
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Rating 1185
crushingmiddlegameshort
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Rating 1185
backRankMatelongmate
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Rating 1185
matemateIn2middlegame
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Rating 1185
advantagemastermiddlegame
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Rating 1186
advantagemastermiddlegame
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Rating 1186
advantageforkmiddlegame
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Rating 1186
matemateIn2middlegame
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