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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 13705–13728 of 22530 matching records

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Puzzle 08tm7

Rating 1952 crushingmiddlegameshort
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Puzzle 0Dkow

Rating 1952 advantagekingsideAttackmiddlegame
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Puzzle 0EuGV

Rating 1952 crushinglongmiddlegame
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Puzzle 0HC1B

Rating 1952 advantagedefensiveMovelong
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Puzzle 0P0Kr

Rating 1952 advantagehangingPiecemaster
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Puzzle 0Var0

Rating 1952 crushingdiscoveredAttackmaster
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Puzzle 0XZI0

Rating 1952 advantageclearancemaster
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Puzzle 01s0p

Rating 1953 attractionexposedKingfork
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Puzzle 02MgP

Rating 1953 advancedPawnadvantagekingsideAttack
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Puzzle 03j1D

Rating 1953 advantageattractionlong
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Puzzle 073kr

Rating 1953 advantagedefensiveMovedeflection
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Puzzle 080Vd

Rating 1953 crushingmiddlegameveryLong
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Puzzle 08pAF

Rating 1953 crushingkingsideAttackmiddlegame
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Puzzle 0CYah

Rating 1953 discoveredAttacklongmate
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Puzzle 0DbBK

Rating 1953 attractioncrushingfork
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Puzzle 0GLxG

Rating 1953 crushingdeflectionkingsideAttack
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Puzzle 0J60D

Rating 1953 advantagemastermiddlegame
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Puzzle 0J8iB

Rating 1953 crushingmiddlegameshort
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Puzzle 0KgBk

Rating 1953 crushingmiddlegameshort
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Puzzle 0Kikh

Rating 1953 crushingkingsideAttacklong
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Puzzle 0NDBE

Rating 1953 advantagedeflectionkingsideAttack
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Puzzle 0RRPN

Rating 1953 crushingmiddlegamequietMove
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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