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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 13345–13368 of 22530 matching records

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Puzzle 0AOzw

Rating 1920 advantagemiddlegameskewer
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Puzzle 0Ix9J

Rating 1920 advantagemiddlegameshort
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Puzzle 0Lq7k

Rating 1920 advantagemiddlegamepin
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Puzzle 0SIcR

Rating 1920 advantagemiddlegameshort
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Puzzle 0Sxma

Rating 1920 advantageexposedKinglong
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Puzzle 0UmU5

Rating 1920 advantagelongmiddlegame
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Puzzle 0X3UM

Rating 1920 advantageexposedKingkingsideAttack
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Puzzle 01skO

Rating 1921 crushingexposedKingfork
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Puzzle 03Rmn

Rating 1921 discoveredCheckdoubleCheckmate
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Puzzle 03sLd

Rating 1921 crushingmastermasterVsMaster
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Puzzle 07DJX

Rating 1921 crushingmiddlegameshort
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Puzzle 09VOW

Rating 1921 advantageforkmiddlegame
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Puzzle 0HKPN

Rating 1921 advantagediscoveredAttackmiddlegame
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Puzzle 0O2Q6

Rating 1921 advantagelongmiddlegame
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Puzzle 0PXcn

Rating 1921 advantagekingsideAttacklong
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Puzzle 0UlGR

Rating 1921 crushingdeflectionlong
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Puzzle 0UYVp

Rating 1921 advantagemiddlegameshort
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Puzzle 04E6r

Rating 1922 advantagedeflectionmiddlegame
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Puzzle 0BCJJ

Rating 1922 advancedPawncrushingintermezzo
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Puzzle 0DqBh

Rating 1922 crushingdefensiveMovemiddlegame
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Puzzle 0EXga

Rating 1922 advantagemiddlegameshort
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