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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 10777–10800 of 22530 matching records

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Puzzle 09AKw

Rating 1688 crushingmiddlegameshort
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Puzzle 09OQD

Rating 1688 backRankMatematemateIn4
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Puzzle 0CAk4

Rating 1688 clearancecrushinglong
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Puzzle 0Fwlx

Rating 1688 crushingforkmiddlegame
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Puzzle 0JS5q

Rating 1688 capturingDefendercrushingmiddlegame
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Puzzle 0NSxV

Rating 1688 advantagemiddlegameshort
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Puzzle 00Nte

Rating 1689 advantageintermezzolong
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Puzzle 06OKW

Rating 1689 crushingmiddlegamequietMove
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Puzzle 0CfP4

Rating 1689 advantagelongmiddlegame
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Puzzle 0Cw7w

Rating 1689 crushingexposedKinglong
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Puzzle 0DRcf

Rating 1689 advancedPawnkingsideAttackmate
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Puzzle 0EBsV

Rating 1689 advantageexposedKingkingsideAttack
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Puzzle 0J3u3

Rating 1689 crushingintermezzokingsideAttack
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Puzzle 0JnmG

Rating 1689 advantagekingsideAttacklong
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Puzzle 0KaxW

Rating 1689 advantagelongmiddlegame
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Puzzle 0LJJ2

Rating 1689 crushinglongmiddlegame
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Puzzle 0LN0T

Rating 1689 matemateIn1middlegame
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Puzzle 0OX06

Rating 1689 crushingmiddlegameshort
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Puzzle 0P1KP

Rating 1689 advantagemiddlegameshort
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Puzzle 0PjyF

Rating 1689 attractioncrushingfork
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Puzzle 0STEg

Rating 1689 advantagemiddlegameshort
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Puzzle 07b2Q

Rating 1690 advantagemiddlegamepin
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