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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 13417–13440 of 22530 matching records

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Puzzle 02yiN

Rating 1926 advantagemiddlegameshort
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Puzzle 04ROo

Rating 1926 crushingmiddlegamepin
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Puzzle 0931l

Rating 1926 advantagemiddlegamepin
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Puzzle 097Wy

Rating 1926 crushingmiddlegameshort
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Puzzle 0BcqE

Rating 1926 advantagehangingPiecelong
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Puzzle 0BymS

Rating 1926 advantagemiddlegameshort
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Puzzle 0HRJP

Rating 1926 blindSwineMatematemateIn2
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Puzzle 0SceX

Rating 1926 advantagelongmiddlegame
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Puzzle 0TRds

Rating 1926 attackingF2F7attractioncrushing
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Puzzle 0WzTD

Rating 1926 advantagecapturingDefendermiddlegame
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Puzzle 01E4E

Rating 1927 advantagedefensiveMovemiddlegame
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Puzzle 04cDV

Rating 1927 matemateIn1middlegame
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Puzzle 04wuo

Rating 1927 advantagelongmiddlegame
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Puzzle 08Gve

Rating 1927 deflectionkingsideAttackmate
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Puzzle 0ApmW

Rating 1927 crushingdefensiveMovemiddlegame
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Puzzle 0Mkt6

Rating 1927 advancedPawnadvantagedefensiveMove
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Puzzle 0NYUy

Rating 1927 advantagedefensiveMovemiddlegame
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Puzzle 0NZAX

Rating 1927 advantageattackingF2F7long
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Puzzle 03vMK

Rating 1928 attractioncrushingmaster
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Puzzle 04WvR

Rating 1928 advantagedefensiveMovemiddlegame
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Puzzle 05tjg

Rating 1928 advantagemiddlegameshort
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Puzzle 06QQN

Rating 1928 attractioncrushingdefensiveMove
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Puzzle 07AeA

Rating 1928 crushingforkmiddlegame
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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