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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 12001–12024 of 22530 matching records

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Puzzle 0OmBd

Rating 1799 advantagemiddlegameshort
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Puzzle 06e9g

Rating 1800 advancedPawncrushingmiddlegame
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Puzzle 086lL

Rating 1800 advantagemiddlegameshort
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Puzzle 0B4BP

Rating 1800 matemateIn2middlegame
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Puzzle 0CVR9

Rating 1800 crushingdefensiveMovelong
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Puzzle 0Dq2H

Rating 1800 advantagemastermiddlegame
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Puzzle 0EeRn

Rating 1800 advantagemiddlegameshort
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Puzzle 0Ervt

Rating 1800 advantageattractionfork
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Puzzle 0KWqs

Rating 1800 kingsideAttackmatemateIn2
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Puzzle 0MI0J

Rating 1800 kingsideAttackmatemateIn2
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Puzzle 0Qg9t

Rating 1800 advantagemastermiddlegame
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Puzzle 0YJia

Rating 1800 matemateIn1middlegame
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Puzzle 04crN

Rating 1801 advantagehangingPiecelong
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Puzzle 0DUsh

Rating 1801 advantagelongmiddlegame
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Puzzle 0FfVr

Rating 1801 crushingmiddlegamepin
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Puzzle 0Hxsu

Rating 1801 advantagemastermiddlegame
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Puzzle 0Yhqg

Rating 1801 advantagemiddlegameshort
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Puzzle 0YWKr

Rating 1801 advantagemiddlegamesacrifice
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Puzzle 03cd7

Rating 1802 crushinglongmiddlegame
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Puzzle 08qdE

Rating 1802 crushingdeflectionlong
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Puzzle 08spD

Rating 1802 advantagemiddlegameshort
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Puzzle 0AsyH

Rating 1802 crushingmiddlegameshort
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