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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 12433–12456 of 22530 matching records

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Puzzle 0S3oR

Rating 1836 advantageintermezzokingsideAttack
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Puzzle 0TZpe

Rating 1836 crushingmiddlegameshort
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Puzzle 0VnGh

Rating 1836 crushinglongmiddlegame
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Puzzle 00dwJ

Rating 1837 advantagedefensiveMovemiddlegame
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Puzzle 00rqm

Rating 1837 cornerMatekingsideAttackmate
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Puzzle 00z22

Rating 1837 advantagemiddlegameshort
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Puzzle 01NfH

Rating 1837 advantagemiddlegameshort
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Puzzle 0DD6y

Rating 1837 crushingmiddlegameshort
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Puzzle 0EWK6

Rating 1837 advantagelongmiddlegame
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Puzzle 0Gmw7

Rating 1837 advantagelongmiddlegame
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Puzzle 0HTHp

Rating 1837 crushingmiddlegameshort
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Puzzle 0KyBg

Rating 1837 advantagemiddlegameshort
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Puzzle 0NL4m

Rating 1837 backRankMatedeflectionmate
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Puzzle 0Qm5J

Rating 1837 attractionexposedKingfork
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Puzzle 0U0fF

Rating 1837 attractioncrushingdeflection
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Puzzle 0Yxrq

Rating 1837 crushingmastermiddlegame
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Puzzle 0Yz6h

Rating 1837 advantagemiddlegameshort
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Puzzle 04hVf

Rating 1838 advantagemiddlegameshort
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Puzzle 06f2z

Rating 1838 advantagedefensiveMovemiddlegame
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Puzzle 06kDo

Rating 1838 advantagecapturingDefenderintermezzo
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Puzzle 09CvB

Rating 1838 crushingdeflectionkingsideAttack
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Puzzle 0C6gp

Rating 1838 advantagemiddlegameshort
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