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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 11353–11376 of 22530 matching records

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Puzzle 0HpkB

Rating 1740 advantagedefensiveMovelong
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Puzzle 0KCeb

Rating 1740 advantagelongmiddlegame
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Puzzle 0LPd7

Rating 1740 crushingmiddlegameshort
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Puzzle 0PNEd

Rating 1740 discoveredAttackkingsideAttackmate
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Puzzle 0REnD

Rating 1740 advantagemiddlegamequietMove
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Puzzle 05JMW

Rating 1741 deflectionmatemateIn2
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Puzzle 079yE

Rating 1741 advantagemiddlegameshort
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Puzzle 07C65

Rating 1741 discoveredAttackdiscoveredCheckmate
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Puzzle 07z0K

Rating 1741 crushingkingsideAttackmiddlegame
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Puzzle 0CgrO

Rating 1741 advantagehangingPiecemaster
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Puzzle 0DK4E

Rating 1741 crushinglongmiddlegame
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Puzzle 0HUDO

Rating 1741 attractioncrushingfork
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Puzzle 0IMsx

Rating 1741 crushingmiddlegameshort
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Puzzle 0JEOa

Rating 1741 advantagekingsideAttacklong
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Puzzle 0NbW9

Rating 1741 advantagehangingPiecemaster
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Puzzle 0PVqf

Rating 1741 advantagediscoveredAttackmiddlegame
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Puzzle 0SZMj

Rating 1741 crushingenPassantmiddlegame
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Puzzle 00e63

Rating 1742 advantagediscoveredAttackmiddlegame
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Puzzle 04zj0

Rating 1742 advantagekingsideAttacklong
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Puzzle 06jcE

Rating 1742 advantagemiddlegameshort
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Puzzle 09r1m

Rating 1742 advantageattractionfork
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Puzzle 09zH0

Rating 1742 kingsideAttackmatemateIn2
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Puzzle 0CAUK

Rating 1742 advantageforkmiddlegame
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Puzzle 0IMSX

Rating 1742 advantagedefensiveMovemiddlegame
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