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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 12577–12600 of 22530 matching records

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Puzzle 0LfX0

Rating 1849 advantagemiddlegameshort
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Puzzle 0MOpt

Rating 1849 advantagemiddlegameshort
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Puzzle 0O0S3

Rating 1849 crushingdefensiveMovemiddlegame
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Puzzle 0Prb5

Rating 1849 crushinglongmiddlegame
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Puzzle 0PuSm

Rating 1849 clearancecrushingdefensiveMove
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Puzzle 0Pvnt

Rating 1849 advantagemiddlegameshort
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Puzzle 0PyAO

Rating 1849 advantagelongmiddlegame
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Puzzle 0ShhL

Rating 1849 advantagekingsideAttacklong
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Puzzle 0UykZ

Rating 1849 advantageforkhangingPiece
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Puzzle 030Tw

Rating 1850 advantagemiddlegameshort
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Puzzle 03Fh2

Rating 1850 crushingmastermiddlegame
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Puzzle 07dzz

Rating 1850 crushingkingsideAttackmaster
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Puzzle 0816b

Rating 1850 advantagelongmiddlegame
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Puzzle 0DNRO

Rating 1850 crushinglongmiddlegame
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Puzzle 0P6gi

Rating 1850 crushingdefensiveMovelong
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Puzzle 0ViOG

Rating 1850 crushingmiddlegameshort
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Puzzle 00NEO

Rating 1851 matemateIn2middlegame
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Puzzle 080T4

Rating 1851 crushingmastermasterVsMaster
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Puzzle 09OWZ

Rating 1851 advantageintermezzomiddlegame
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Puzzle 0B67I

Rating 1851 crushingmastermiddlegame
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Puzzle 0LiCX

Rating 1851 attractioncrushingkingsideAttack
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Puzzle 0R2IM

Rating 1851 crushingmiddlegamesacrifice
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