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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 13513–13536 of 22530 matching records

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Puzzle 0YS3U

Rating 1934 advantagemiddlegameveryLong
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Puzzle 03Wl2

Rating 1935 crushingdeflectionlong
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Puzzle 04PRG

Rating 1935 crushingmiddlegameshort
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Puzzle 07s0y

Rating 1935 crushingmiddlegameshort
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Puzzle 09D0W

Rating 1935 attractionepauletteMatemate
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Puzzle 0E5EU

Rating 1935 crushingmiddlegameshort
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Puzzle 0Ge4W

Rating 1935 crushingmastermiddlegame
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Puzzle 0Lga6

Rating 1935 advantagemiddlegameshort
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Puzzle 0Yba3

Rating 1935 crushingdiscoveredAttackmiddlegame
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Puzzle 02pu3

Rating 1936 advantagemastermiddlegame
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Puzzle 03Stg

Rating 1936 advantagemiddlegameshort
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Puzzle 09cVC

Rating 1936 advantagemiddlegameshort
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Puzzle 09zkV

Rating 1936 advantagemastermiddlegame
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Puzzle 0CYaa

Rating 1936 attractionkingsideAttackmate
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Puzzle 0IFUt

Rating 1936 crushingmiddlegameshort
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Puzzle 0MdSj

Rating 1936 crushingforkmiddlegame
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Puzzle 0OvpM

Rating 1936 crushingkingsideAttacklong
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Puzzle 0Rp8z

Rating 1936 advantagemiddlegameveryLong
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Puzzle 0XG30

Rating 1936 advantagemastermiddlegame
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Puzzle 06kjh

Rating 1937 crushingmastermiddlegame
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Puzzle 08nwy

Rating 1937 advantageforkmiddlegame
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Puzzle 0D3Do

Rating 1937 advantagelongmiddlegame
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Puzzle 0EbtS

Rating 1937 advantagemastermiddlegame
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Puzzle 0M8cJ

Rating 1937 advancedPawnadvantagemiddlegame
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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