Real positions. Quiet practice.

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 11881–11904 of 22530 matching records

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Puzzle 07XFF

Rating 1788 crushinglongmiddlegame
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Puzzle 0CRIi

Rating 1788 advantagemiddlegamepin
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Puzzle 0GEWr

Rating 1788 crushingintermezzokingsideAttack
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Puzzle 0GTE3

Rating 1788 advancedPawnadvantagelong
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Puzzle 0PHZ1

Rating 1788 attractioncrushingfork
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Puzzle 0TKTy

Rating 1788 advantagelongmiddlegame
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Puzzle 0V12F

Rating 1788 advantagemiddlegameshort
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Puzzle 01KAj

Rating 1789 advantagelongmiddlegame
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Puzzle 07aT5

Rating 1789 advantageexposedKinglong
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Puzzle 0DgEO

Rating 1789 advantageexposedKingfork
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Puzzle 0F2tz

Rating 1789 crushingmiddlegameshort
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Puzzle 0H4hh

Rating 1789 crushingmastermiddlegame
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Puzzle 0KDUW

Rating 1789 advantagedeflectiondiscoveredAttack
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Puzzle 0QiCy

Rating 1789 clearancecrushingkingsideAttack
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Puzzle 0S7LJ

Rating 1789 advantagemiddlegamepin
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Puzzle 08FwF

Rating 1790 advantageintermezzomiddlegame
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Puzzle 0ArZ9

Rating 1790 crushingdefensiveMovelong
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Puzzle 0ASRY

Rating 1790 deflectionexposedKinglong
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Puzzle 0DtSK

Rating 1790 crushinglongmiddlegame
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Puzzle 0FUC4

Rating 1790 crushingmiddlegamequietMove
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Puzzle 0HE5l

Rating 1790 advantageattractiondiscoveredAttack
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Puzzle 0NfpC

Rating 1790 attractioncrushingexposedKing
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Puzzle 0UimI

Rating 1790 advantagemastermiddlegame
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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