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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 10993–11016 of 22530 matching records

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Puzzle 0SA03

Rating 1705 advantagelongmiddlegame
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Puzzle 0Sh7H

Rating 1705 advantagekingsideAttacklong
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Puzzle 0Sy59

Rating 1705 collinearMovecrushinglong
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Puzzle 0TPsb

Rating 1705 kingsideAttackmatemateIn2
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Puzzle 00IMS

Rating 1706 clearancecrushingkingsideAttack
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Puzzle 0BZi3

Rating 1706 advantagemiddlegameshort
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Puzzle 0DhKB

Rating 1706 crushingmiddlegameshort
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Puzzle 0IrYt

Rating 1706 attractioncrushingkingsideAttack
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Puzzle 0MekL

Rating 1706 matemateIn1middlegame
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Puzzle 0MXFn

Rating 1706 clearancekingsideAttackmate
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Puzzle 0Qhn8

Rating 1706 advantagemastermiddlegame
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Puzzle 0R6Ua

Rating 1706 advantagecapturingDefenderlong
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Puzzle 0SJAL

Rating 1706 attractionkingsideAttackmate
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Puzzle 0SRTO

Rating 1706 crushingmiddlegameshort
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Puzzle 048EW

Rating 1707 attractionkingsideAttacklong
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Puzzle 0AfWu

Rating 1707 advantagelongmiddlegame
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Puzzle 0KCM6

Rating 1707 advantagemiddlegameshort
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Puzzle 0Ug7d

Rating 1707 advantagemiddlegameshort
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Puzzle 00ZEc

Rating 1708 discoveredCheckdoubleCheckmate
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Puzzle 03eJc

Rating 1708 crushingdeflectionexposedKing
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Puzzle 07tSd

Rating 1708 backRankMatelongmaster
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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