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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 13393–13416 of 22530 matching records

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Puzzle 0EQu4

Rating 1924 attractionkingsideAttacklong
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Puzzle 0MDll

Rating 1924 advantageintermezzokingsideAttack
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Puzzle 0NmRA

Rating 1924 crushinghangingPiecemiddlegame
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Puzzle 0Ozpp

Rating 1924 advantagemiddlegameshort
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Puzzle 0Pemp

Rating 1924 crushingmiddlegameshort
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Puzzle 0UQxc

Rating 1924 crushinglongmiddlegame
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Puzzle 0VTdp

Rating 1924 crushingdeflectionlong
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Puzzle 0WJBy

Rating 1924 equalityforkinterference
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Puzzle 0X91d

Rating 1924 crushingdefensiveMovemiddlegame
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Puzzle 00m47

Rating 1925 crushingmiddlegameshort
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Puzzle 020sL

Rating 1925 advantagemiddlegameshort
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Puzzle 03zMQ

Rating 1925 crushingforkmiddlegame
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Puzzle 05Vzs

Rating 1925 advantageattractionfork
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Puzzle 06TQu

Rating 1925 advantagemiddlegameshort
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Puzzle 0BsuS

Rating 1925 capturingDefendercrushingkingsideAttack
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Puzzle 0BzOi

Rating 1925 crushingmiddlegamequietMove
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Puzzle 0F2aD

Rating 1925 advantageinterferencelong
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Puzzle 0GrQG

Rating 1925 advantagelongmiddlegame
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Puzzle 0HMdh

Rating 1925 advantagelongmiddlegame
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Puzzle 0LlM3

Rating 1925 advantagemastermiddlegame
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Puzzle 0PrUq

Rating 1925 advantagemiddlegameshort
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Puzzle 0UIwV

Rating 1925 advantagemastermiddlegame
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Puzzle 0UXDb

Rating 1925 advantagedefensiveMovedeflection
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Puzzle 01dX4

Rating 1926 advantagelongmiddlegame
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More puzzle themes: Advanced pawn · Attacks on f2 / f7 · Attraction · Back-rank mate · Bishop endgame tactics · Capture the defender · Clearance · Defensive move · Deflection · Discovered attack · All themes