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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 10945–10968 of 22530 matching records

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Puzzle 04vyh

Rating 1701 crushingmiddlegameshort
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Puzzle 076Cj

Rating 1701 advantagemiddlegameshort
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Puzzle 08bpP

Rating 1701 matemateIn2middlegame
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Puzzle 08XWO

Rating 1701 advantagemastermiddlegame
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Puzzle 0H8OM

Rating 1701 advantagelongmiddlegame
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Puzzle 0InvA

Rating 1701 killBoxMatematemateIn1
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Puzzle 0KjY7

Rating 1701 crushingdefensiveMovemiddlegame
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Puzzle 0SsK5

Rating 1701 advantagekingsideAttackmiddlegame
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Puzzle 0SuZT

Rating 1701 advantageforkinterference
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Puzzle 0TwJU

Rating 1701 crushingmiddlegameshort
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Puzzle 0UGku

Rating 1701 advantagedefensiveMovemiddlegame
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Puzzle 04eE6

Rating 1702 advantagediscoveredAttackmiddlegame
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Puzzle 08DdT

Rating 1702 crushingmiddlegameshort
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Puzzle 0B6Lb

Rating 1702 advantageintermezzolong
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Puzzle 0Hwkh

Rating 1702 advantagelongmiddlegame
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Puzzle 0IKs6

Rating 1702 advantagemiddlegameshort
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Puzzle 0IM0m

Rating 1702 advantagemiddlegameshort
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Puzzle 0MQtT

Rating 1702 attractionkingsideAttackmate
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Puzzle 0OBZk

Rating 1702 advantageexposedKinglong
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Puzzle 0QPDq

Rating 1702 advantagemiddlegameshort
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Puzzle 0SJfc

Rating 1702 crushinglongmiddlegame
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Puzzle 0Tn8l

Rating 1702 advantagedefensiveMovemiddlegame
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Puzzle 05oer

Rating 1703 crushingmiddlegamepin
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Puzzle 07ST6

Rating 1703 advantageattractionfork
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