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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 12793–12816 of 22530 matching records

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Puzzle 0XQxk

Rating 1870 crushinghangingPiecelong
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Puzzle 0JY7Y

Rating 1871 advantagemiddlegameshort
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Puzzle 0WQzt

Rating 1871 advantagedeflectionlong
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Puzzle 0WZju

Rating 1871 crushingdeflectionlong
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Puzzle 0EtLD

Rating 1872 advantagemiddlegameshort
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Puzzle 0FznC

Rating 1872 crushingmiddlegameshort
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Puzzle 0Gp7N

Rating 1872 crushingdeflectionexposedKing
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Puzzle 0Ll81

Rating 1872 advantagediscoveredAttacklong
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Puzzle 0SJaq

Rating 1872 advantageforkmiddlegame
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Puzzle 0TtrT

Rating 1872 advantagehangingPiecelong
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Puzzle 0Vggu

Rating 1872 crushingmastermiddlegame
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Puzzle 0YUN4

Rating 1872 crushingdeflectiondiscoveredAttack
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Puzzle 02bO9

Rating 1873 advantagelongmiddlegame
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Puzzle 07oEz

Rating 1873 crushingexposedKingfork
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Puzzle 0Dfvj

Rating 1873 advantagelongmiddlegame
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Puzzle 0E0Ru

Rating 1873 matemateIn2middlegame
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Puzzle 0HuR9

Rating 1873 advantagedeflectionkingsideAttack
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Puzzle 0Kdtf

Rating 1873 crushingdeflectiondiscoveredAttack
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Puzzle 0LYEZ

Rating 1873 advantagemiddlegameshort
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Puzzle 0Lzbq

Rating 1873 advantagelongmiddlegame
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Puzzle 0Nd9H

Rating 1873 advantagemiddlegameshort
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Puzzle 0PjOo

Rating 1873 crushinglongmiddlegame
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