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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 13321–13344 of 22530 matching records

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Puzzle 0GZ8w

Rating 1918 advantageforkmiddlegame
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Puzzle 0Mr45

Rating 1918 kingsideAttacklongmate
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Puzzle 0S6rQ

Rating 1918 attractionkingsideAttackmate
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Puzzle 0Wm0w

Rating 1918 advantagelongmiddlegame
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Puzzle 0YIML

Rating 1918 crushingdefensiveMoveintermezzo
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Puzzle 05pYG

Rating 1919 crushinglongmiddlegame
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Puzzle 0H0iH

Rating 1919 advantagelongmiddlegame
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Puzzle 0L0xa

Rating 1919 matemateIn1middlegame
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Puzzle 0Miq5

Rating 1919 matemateIn2middlegame
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Puzzle 0MjKE

Rating 1919 crushingdiscoveredAttackfork
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Puzzle 0UVyd

Rating 1919 advantagemiddlegameshort
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Puzzle 0Wfx0

Rating 1919 matemateIn2middlegame
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Puzzle 0WxF9

Rating 1919 crushingmiddlegameshort
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Puzzle 0YAUV

Rating 1919 advantagemastermiddlegame
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Puzzle 01m1K

Rating 1920 advantagelongmiddlegame
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Puzzle 02Mow

Rating 1920 advantagehangingPiecelong
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Puzzle 04ZXS

Rating 1920 attractionmatemateIn2
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Puzzle 05m8V

Rating 1920 crushingmiddlegamepin
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Puzzle 07azx

Rating 1920 advantagemiddlegameveryLong
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Puzzle 07gKp

Rating 1920 clearancekingsideAttacklong
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Puzzle 0A01M

Rating 1920 advantagemastermiddlegame
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Puzzle 0Acwa

Rating 1920 advantagedefensiveMovemiddlegame
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