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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 11305–11328 of 22530 matching records

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Puzzle 0DY7h

Rating 1736 advantagedefensiveMovelong
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Puzzle 0Gg52

Rating 1736 crushingmiddlegameshort
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Puzzle 0M2KR

Rating 1736 cornerMateintermezzomate
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Puzzle 0MYBQ

Rating 1736 crushingmiddlegamepin
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Puzzle 0OM4O

Rating 1736 matemateIn2middlegame
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Puzzle 0RrTi

Rating 1736 backRankMatematemateIn5
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Puzzle 0S7De

Rating 1736 advantagelongmiddlegame
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Puzzle 01Sr1

Rating 1737 discoveredAttackdiscoveredChecklong
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Puzzle 06Oak

Rating 1737 attractioncrushingfork
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Puzzle 07qr7

Rating 1737 advantagemiddlegameshort
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Puzzle 0AX5T

Rating 1737 crushingmiddlegameshort
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Puzzle 0CS5U

Rating 1737 crushingexposedKingmiddlegame
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Puzzle 0DgIe

Rating 1737 advantagedefensiveMovemiddlegame
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Puzzle 0HayW

Rating 1737 advantagediscoveredAttackmiddlegame
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Puzzle 0IeHV

Rating 1737 crushingmiddlegameshort
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Puzzle 0JMFA

Rating 1737 matemateIn2middlegame
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Puzzle 0LoTh

Rating 1737 crushingdeflectionlong
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Puzzle 0Ls7M

Rating 1737 attractionmatemateIn2
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Puzzle 01Ni2

Rating 1738 advancedPawnadvantagedeflection
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Puzzle 026Br

Rating 1738 crushingmastermiddlegame
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Puzzle 02rnm

Rating 1738 crushingmiddlegameshort
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Puzzle 02ZlS

Rating 1738 advantagedefensiveMovemiddlegame
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Puzzle 0433A

Rating 1738 kingsideAttackmatemateIn2
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