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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 12913–12936 of 22530 matching records

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Puzzle 0TgDo

Rating 1883 advantagehangingPiecekingsideAttack
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Puzzle 0VQiI

Rating 1883 crushingdeflectionmiddlegame
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Puzzle 0WQR3

Rating 1883 attractioncrushingmaster
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Puzzle 0XdiL

Rating 1883 attractioncapturingDefendercrushing
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Puzzle 01Yo5

Rating 1884 advantagelongmiddlegame
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Puzzle 02OvQ

Rating 1884 advantagemiddlegameveryLong
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Puzzle 0DIv5

Rating 1884 advantagemiddlegameshort
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Puzzle 0DwX0

Rating 1884 crushingmastermiddlegame
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Puzzle 0ETNm

Rating 1884 advantagediscoveredAttackdiscoveredCheck
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Puzzle 0SpAl

Rating 1884 crushingexposedKinglong
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Puzzle 0VGCJ

Rating 1884 advantagemiddlegameveryLong
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Puzzle 0WVRT

Rating 1884 collinearMovecrushingmiddlegame
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Puzzle 0XR8t

Rating 1884 advantageforkmiddlegame
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Puzzle 0Y3QO

Rating 1884 advantagemiddlegameshort
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Puzzle 03dlI

Rating 1885 advantageattractionkingsideAttack
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Puzzle 03P5a

Rating 1885 cornerMateexposedKinglong
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Puzzle 06MVa

Rating 1885 advantagemiddlegameshort
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Puzzle 0DzNQ

Rating 1885 advancedPawnadvantagemiddlegame
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Puzzle 0I4Gh

Rating 1885 crushingmiddlegameshort
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Puzzle 00QN3

Rating 1886 advantageforkmiddlegame
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Puzzle 02370

Rating 1886 crushinghangingPiecemiddlegame
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