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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 13465–13488 of 22530 matching records

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Puzzle 07bMa

Rating 1930 crushingmiddlegameveryLong
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Puzzle 0Auky

Rating 1930 advantagelongmiddlegame
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Puzzle 0BreM

Rating 1930 advantagemiddlegameshort
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Puzzle 0DhM7

Rating 1930 crushingdeflectionkingsideAttack
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Puzzle 0Dsnu

Rating 1930 advantagediscoveredAttacklong
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Puzzle 0F1Gg

Rating 1930 crushingdefensiveMovemiddlegame
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Puzzle 0GTUW

Rating 1930 crushinglongmiddlegame
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Puzzle 0IIDj

Rating 1930 crushingmiddlegameshort
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Puzzle 0J2hn

Rating 1930 advantagemiddlegameshort
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Puzzle 0OCnf

Rating 1930 advantagemiddlegamepin
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Puzzle 0OHGm

Rating 1930 advantageclearancelong
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Puzzle 0QsNu

Rating 1930 advantagedeflectionmiddlegame
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Puzzle 0ZBuk

Rating 1930 crushinglongmiddlegame
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Puzzle 03qbJ

Rating 1931 advantagelongmiddlegame
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Puzzle 03zfX

Rating 1931 crushingforkmiddlegame
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Puzzle 0BObM

Rating 1931 advantagedefensiveMovelong
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Puzzle 0CMY3

Rating 1931 matemateIn2middlegame
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Puzzle 0N7iV

Rating 1931 crushinglongmiddlegame
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Puzzle 0QgK3

Rating 1931 advantagediscoveredAttackmaster
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Puzzle 0RT7S

Rating 1931 kingsideAttacklongmate
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Puzzle 0STcQ

Rating 1931 advantagemiddlegameshort
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Puzzle 0SXBl

Rating 1931 advantagehangingPieceintermezzo
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