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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 10249–10272 of 22530 matching records

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Puzzle 0JSau

Rating 1642 advantagemiddlegamepin
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Puzzle 0MX3p

Rating 1642 deflectionmatemateIn2
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Puzzle 0P5kz

Rating 1642 kingsideAttackmatemateIn2
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Puzzle 0QzPB

Rating 1642 crushingmiddlegameshort
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Puzzle 0RM0S

Rating 1642 deflectiondiscoveredAttackmate
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Puzzle 0Tthb

Rating 1642 advantagelongmiddlegame
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Puzzle 0UDNY

Rating 1642 matemateIn1middlegame
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Puzzle 0UPBX

Rating 1642 advantagemiddlegameshort
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Puzzle 00B7G

Rating 1643 crushingmastermasterVsMaster
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Puzzle 06Zmc

Rating 1643 advantagecapturingDefendermiddlegame
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Puzzle 07rgx

Rating 1643 crushingkingsideAttackmiddlegame
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Puzzle 08rSr

Rating 1643 crushingmiddlegamesacrifice
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Puzzle 0A3WY

Rating 1643 advantagelongmiddlegame
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Puzzle 0Abz9

Rating 1643 attractionkingsideAttackmate
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Puzzle 0GnqP

Rating 1643 killBoxMatematemateIn2
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Puzzle 0Jwk1

Rating 1643 advantagemastermiddlegame
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Puzzle 0Mvvw

Rating 1643 crushingmiddlegameshort
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Puzzle 0NLJL

Rating 1643 crushinglongmiddlegame
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Puzzle 0RJsZ

Rating 1643 advantagelongmiddlegame
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Puzzle 0UfWs

Rating 1643 advantagemastermiddlegame
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Puzzle 07cqi

Rating 1644 advantagediscoveredAttackdiscoveredCheck
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Puzzle 07CVs

Rating 1644 crushingdefensiveMovemiddlegame
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Puzzle 0Bgbt

Rating 1644 crushingmiddlegameveryLong
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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