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Middlegame tactics Chess Puzzles

Search 49,500 locally indexed real-game positions, narrow them by motif, difficulty or rating, then play each stored tactical line directly on the board without an upstream connection.

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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24 shown from 49500 locally materialized records.

Showing 6265–6288 of 22530 matching records

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Puzzle 0QZ1I

Rating 1278 advantagemiddlegameshort
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Puzzle 0R0IU

Rating 1278 advantagedefensiveMovemiddlegame
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Puzzle 0R0wR

Rating 1278 attackingF2F7matemateIn2
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Puzzle 00pVS

Rating 1279 advantageforkmiddlegame
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Puzzle 02O8w

Rating 1279 advantageforkhangingPiece
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Puzzle 04xlw

Rating 1279 backRankMatematemateIn2
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Puzzle 08Vip

Rating 1279 clearanceexposedKingkingsideAttack
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Puzzle 0CMxs

Rating 1279 hangingPiecematemateIn2
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Puzzle 0LuSx

Rating 1279 advantagediscoveredAttackdiscoveredCheck
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Puzzle 0RX8y

Rating 1279 clearancekingsideAttackmate
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Puzzle 04fWN

Rating 1280 crushingdeflectionmiddlegame
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Puzzle 0CBpH

Rating 1280 advancedPawnbackRankMatemate
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Puzzle 0F8ED

Rating 1280 crushingforkmiddlegame
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Puzzle 0HF4d

Rating 1280 advantagelongmiddlegame
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Puzzle 0R4zU

Rating 1280 crushingforkmiddlegame
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Puzzle 04JNu

Rating 1281 advantageclearancelong
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