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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 13369–13392 of 22530 matching records

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Puzzle 0FXnt

Rating 1922 advantagemiddlegamequeensideAttack
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Puzzle 0IQR4

Rating 1922 clearancekingsideAttacklong
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Puzzle 0Iuqx

Rating 1922 attractioncrushingexposedKing
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Puzzle 0OiVR

Rating 1922 crushingdeflectionkingsideAttack
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Puzzle 0SATi

Rating 1922 advantagemiddlegameshort
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Puzzle 0Tbpz

Rating 1922 crushingmastermiddlegame
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Puzzle 04KSR

Rating 1923 attractioncrushinglong
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Puzzle 08lX9

Rating 1923 crushingmiddlegameshort
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Puzzle 08r1r

Rating 1923 advantagemiddlegameshort
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Puzzle 0Av66

Rating 1923 advantagelongmiddlegame
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Puzzle 0BS2P

Rating 1923 attractionmatemateIn2
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Puzzle 0HM65

Rating 1923 crushingmiddlegamepin
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Puzzle 0Py9c

Rating 1923 kingsideAttackmatemateIn2
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Puzzle 0Tbdw

Rating 1923 crushingmiddlegameshort
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Puzzle 0Ub63

Rating 1923 advantagemiddlegameshort
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Puzzle 0VlGP

Rating 1923 crushingmiddlegameshort
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Puzzle 0VtfV

Rating 1923 crushingmiddlegameshort
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Puzzle 0Z7Wf

Rating 1923 crushinglongmiddlegame
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Puzzle 01g9c

Rating 1924 deflectionmatemateIn2
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Puzzle 02ESq

Rating 1924 advantagemastermiddlegame
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Puzzle 02gpk

Rating 1924 crushingintermezzolong
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Puzzle 04zCK

Rating 1924 crushingmastermiddlegame
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Puzzle 06cPH

Rating 1924 crushinglongmiddlegame
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