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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 12817–12840 of 22530 matching records

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Puzzle 0TN5i

Rating 1873 advantagemiddlegameshort
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Puzzle 0659v

Rating 1874 attractionkingsideAttacklong
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Puzzle 0HIPU

Rating 1874 advantagemiddlegameshort
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Puzzle 0KcNr

Rating 1874 advantagekingsideAttacklong
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Puzzle 0M7rU

Rating 1874 crushingenPassantmiddlegame
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Puzzle 0McaB

Rating 1874 crushingkingsideAttacklong
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Puzzle 0MJ4R

Rating 1874 advantageforkmiddlegame
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Puzzle 0RRr7

Rating 1874 attractionkingsideAttackmate
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Puzzle 0RXEG

Rating 1874 crushingmiddlegameshort
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Puzzle 0WzpX

Rating 1874 advantagemiddlegameshort
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Puzzle 0B5Fk

Rating 1875 crushingmiddlegameshort
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Puzzle 0CevN

Rating 1875 advantagemiddlegameshort
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Puzzle 0Dtx1

Rating 1875 clearancecrushingdiscoveredAttack
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Puzzle 0Gk7z

Rating 1875 advantageattractioncapturingDefender
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Puzzle 0JhSn

Rating 1875 advantagemiddlegamesacrifice
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Puzzle 0LL2M

Rating 1875 advantagelongmiddlegame
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Puzzle 0O8oV

Rating 1875 crushingmiddlegameshort
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Puzzle 0QAQq

Rating 1875 advantagemiddlegameshort
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Puzzle 0QyTq

Rating 1875 advantageintermezzomiddlegame
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Puzzle 0R3yI

Rating 1875 crushinglongmiddlegame
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Puzzle 0Rl3V

Rating 1875 advantagediscoveredAttackmiddlegame
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Puzzle 001xO

Rating 1876 crushingmastermasterVsMaster
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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