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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 9793–9816 of 22530 matching records

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Puzzle 0TqYF

Rating 1605 crushingmiddlegamepin
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Puzzle 02wxP

Rating 1606 advantagekingsideAttacklong
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Puzzle 03MWw

Rating 1606 advantageattractionclearance
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Puzzle 03W1k

Rating 1606 advantagehangingPiecelong
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Puzzle 06VOw

Rating 1606 attackingF2F7longmate
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Puzzle 0BAjU

Rating 1606 crushingmiddlegameshort
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Puzzle 0CCI0

Rating 1606 advantagemiddlegameshort
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Puzzle 0CG8J

Rating 1606 attractionmatemateIn4
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Puzzle 0CjxB

Rating 1606 matemateIn1middlegame
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Puzzle 0EFjb

Rating 1606 advantagedefensiveMovehangingPiece
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Puzzle 0EmrY

Rating 1606 crushingdeflectiondiscoveredAttack
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Puzzle 0FQiq

Rating 1606 crushinglongmiddlegame
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Puzzle 0NG5N

Rating 1606 matemateIn1middlegame
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Puzzle 0NIsX

Rating 1606 advantageintermezzomiddlegame
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Puzzle 0Nm9S

Rating 1606 attractiondiscoveredCheckdoubleCheck
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Puzzle 0PIQ2

Rating 1606 advantagecapturingDefendermiddlegame
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Puzzle 0QByz

Rating 1606 clearancecrushinglong
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Puzzle 00oXF

Rating 1607 crushingmiddlegamepin
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Puzzle 02VKl

Rating 1607 advantagediscoveredAttackkingsideAttack
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Puzzle 04FJw

Rating 1607 advantagemiddlegameshort
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Puzzle 05nh4

Rating 1607 advantagemiddlegameshort
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Puzzle 077Dw

Rating 1607 advantagedefensiveMovemiddlegame
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More puzzle themes: Advanced pawn · Attacks on f2 / f7 · Attraction · Back-rank mate · Bishop endgame tactics · Capture the defender · Clearance · Defensive move · Deflection · Discovered attack · All themes