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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 12361–12384 of 22530 matching records

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Puzzle 0ICTk

Rating 1830 doubleBishopMatelongmate
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Puzzle 0QhVO

Rating 1830 advantagelongmiddlegame
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Puzzle 0QtMv

Rating 1830 advantageforkmiddlegame
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Puzzle 0RHQx

Rating 1830 advantageforkmiddlegame
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Puzzle 0SOjE

Rating 1830 crushingmastermiddlegame
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Puzzle 0YCYK

Rating 1830 crushingexposedKinglong
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Puzzle 0Z0fY

Rating 1830 attractioncrushingkingsideAttack
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Puzzle 0Z8He

Rating 1830 advantagediscoveredAttackdiscoveredCheck
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Puzzle 07O7Z

Rating 1831 crushingmiddlegameshort
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Puzzle 0FQ95

Rating 1831 crushingdefensiveMovemiddlegame
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Puzzle 0G3cm

Rating 1831 crushingdefensiveMovemaster
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Puzzle 0Gb1i

Rating 1831 crushingmastermiddlegame
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Puzzle 0LvuV

Rating 1831 advantagemastermiddlegame
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Puzzle 0Y1cl

Rating 1831 advantagemiddlegameshort
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Puzzle 0Ar60

Rating 1832 advantagelongmiddlegame
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Puzzle 0F2gT

Rating 1832 advancedPawncrushingmiddlegame
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Puzzle 0Fa0D

Rating 1832 advantagediscoveredAttackmiddlegame
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Puzzle 0GvOY

Rating 1832 advancedPawncrushinglong
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Puzzle 0OEP8

Rating 1832 advantagemiddlegameshort
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Puzzle 0PnfN

Rating 1832 crushingdefensiveMovehangingPiece
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Puzzle 0SF3G

Rating 1832 crushingexposedKingmiddlegame
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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