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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 13873–13896 of 22530 matching records

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Puzzle 0Tqb0

Rating 1966 crushingmiddlegameshort
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Puzzle 0Uphf

Rating 1966 advantagekingsideAttacklong
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Puzzle 06E8N

Rating 1967 advantagekingsideAttacklong
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Puzzle 0AgL8

Rating 1967 crushingkingsideAttackmiddlegame
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Puzzle 0AHmy

Rating 1967 matemateIn2middlegame
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Puzzle 0DD0A

Rating 1967 matemateIn2middlegame
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Puzzle 0FOyZ

Rating 1967 crushingdeflectionlong
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Puzzle 0GVrJ

Rating 1967 crushingdefensiveMovelong
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Puzzle 0HJUZ

Rating 1967 crushinglongmiddlegame
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Puzzle 0LTIP

Rating 1967 advantagelongmiddlegame
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Puzzle 0RTHY

Rating 1967 crushingmastermiddlegame
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Puzzle 0WiTP

Rating 1967 advantagemastermiddlegame
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Puzzle 0D6mK

Rating 1968 advantageenPassantmiddlegame
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Puzzle 0DOPb

Rating 1968 advantagedeflectionmiddlegame
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Puzzle 0DuBa

Rating 1968 advantagehangingPiecemiddlegame
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Puzzle 0OptO

Rating 1968 advantagehangingPiecelong
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Puzzle 0Ozbu

Rating 1968 advantagediscoveredAttackfork
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Puzzle 0QxS0

Rating 1968 advantagelongmiddlegame
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Puzzle 0RHW8

Rating 1968 crushingkingsideAttackmiddlegame
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Puzzle 0Roku

Rating 1968 advantagemastermiddlegame
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Puzzle 00Xp9

Rating 1969 crushingmastermiddlegame
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Puzzle 015qm

Rating 1969 advantageexposedKinglong
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Puzzle 07iSx

Rating 1969 crushingdiscoveredAttackdiscoveredCheck
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