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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 11593–11616 of 22530 matching records

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Puzzle 0LjgB

Rating 1760 crushingmiddlegamesacrifice
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Puzzle 022C8

Rating 1761 advantagecapturingDefenderlong
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Puzzle 03rS2

Rating 1761 crushinglongmiddlegame
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Puzzle 074Hj

Rating 1761 clearancekingsideAttackmate
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Puzzle 0Aice

Rating 1761 crushinglongmiddlegame
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Puzzle 0BUnA

Rating 1761 advantagemiddlegamepin
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Puzzle 0C0VZ

Rating 1761 advantagediscoveredAttacklong
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Puzzle 0HXoL

Rating 1761 advantagediscoveredAttackmiddlegame
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Puzzle 0KjZ3

Rating 1761 advantagecapturingDefenderkingsideAttack
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Puzzle 0LiJU

Rating 1761 attractioncrushingexposedKing
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Puzzle 0Q0zg

Rating 1761 crushinglongmiddlegame
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Puzzle 0TLj6

Rating 1761 crushingdiscoveredAttackmiddlegame
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Puzzle 00Ar2

Rating 1762 advantageclearancelong
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Puzzle 02jDq

Rating 1762 advantagemastermiddlegame
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Puzzle 08l3u

Rating 1762 crushinglongmiddlegame
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Puzzle 09R64

Rating 1762 advantagelongmiddlegame
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Puzzle 0DnwO

Rating 1762 advantagelongmiddlegame
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Puzzle 0EtJW

Rating 1762 crushingmiddlegameshort
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Puzzle 0R7Js

Rating 1762 advantagemiddlegameshort
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Puzzle 0128O

Rating 1763 advantageattractionfork
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Puzzle 03FGq

Rating 1763 advantageforkmiddlegame
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Puzzle 044Hb

Rating 1763 discoveredAttacklongmate
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Puzzle 05PwN

Rating 1763 advantagelongmiddlegame
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Puzzle 08chX

Rating 1763 advantagemiddlegameshort
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