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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 12961–12984 of 22530 matching records

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Puzzle 06dOZ

Rating 1889 advantagemiddlegamepin
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Puzzle 08zYN

Rating 1889 advantagemiddlegameshort
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Puzzle 09XMp

Rating 1889 advantagemiddlegameshort
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Puzzle 0AJVI

Rating 1889 advancedPawnequalitymiddlegame
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Puzzle 0Bgwx

Rating 1889 advantagemiddlegamepin
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Puzzle 0BnmS

Rating 1889 crushingmiddlegameshort
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Puzzle 0JVWX

Rating 1889 crushingmiddlegameshort
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Puzzle 0JzYg

Rating 1889 advantagemastermiddlegame
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Puzzle 0QFw0

Rating 1889 advantagekingsideAttackmiddlegame
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Puzzle 0SLK1

Rating 1889 advantageexposedKingfork
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Puzzle 0VkuG

Rating 1889 crushinghangingPiecemiddlegame
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Puzzle 01gjE

Rating 1890 equalitylongmiddlegame
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Puzzle 02PDS

Rating 1890 crushingkingsideAttackmiddlegame
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Puzzle 02Shy

Rating 1890 advantagemiddlegameshort
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Puzzle 0EI5m

Rating 1890 advantagemiddlegamequietMove
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Puzzle 0Ixcp

Rating 1890 advantagemiddlegameshort
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Puzzle 0MFrr

Rating 1890 matemateIn2middlegame
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Puzzle 0Te6f

Rating 1890 advantagekingsideAttacklong
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Puzzle 0XRMd

Rating 1890 attractionequalitykingsideAttack
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Puzzle 0YinQ

Rating 1890 crushingmiddlegameshort
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Puzzle 03nhv

Rating 1891 crushingmiddlegameshort
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