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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 8065–8088 of 22530 matching records

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Puzzle 08SXe

Rating 1450 advantagemiddlegameshort
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Puzzle 08uJW

Rating 1450 advantagemiddlegameshort
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Puzzle 09IIP

Rating 1450 advantagedefensiveMovefork
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Puzzle 0E7cR

Rating 1450 advantagedeflectionexposedKing
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Puzzle 0HQUM

Rating 1450 crushingmiddlegameshort
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Puzzle 0KRQg

Rating 1450 crushinghangingPiecemaster
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Puzzle 0O77I

Rating 1450 advantageattractionlong
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Puzzle 00GBV

Rating 1451 advantagemiddlegameshort
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Puzzle 00VoA

Rating 1451 advantagemiddlegameshort
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Puzzle 03pMI

Rating 1451 advantagemastermiddlegame
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Puzzle 05NAJ

Rating 1451 advantagemiddlegamepin
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Puzzle 07ECu

Rating 1451 attractioncrushingdeflection
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Puzzle 07Hrh

Rating 1451 advancedPawncrushingkingsideAttack
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Puzzle 07nYX

Rating 1451 crushinglongmiddlegame
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Puzzle 09c4J

Rating 1451 attractionbackRankMatelong
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Puzzle 0AimL

Rating 1451 crushinglongmiddlegame
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Puzzle 0ASiy

Rating 1451 advantagemiddlegameshort
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Puzzle 0MKEm

Rating 1451 advantagemiddlegameshort
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Puzzle 0PLx1

Rating 1451 advantagemiddlegameshort
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