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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 13897–13920 of 22530 matching records

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Puzzle 08SBz

Rating 1969 advantagedefensiveMovemiddlegame
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Puzzle 0Cgyo

Rating 1969 crushingmiddlegameshort
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Puzzle 0DqSn

Rating 1969 advantagediscoveredAttackdiscoveredCheck
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Puzzle 0FF18

Rating 1969 crushingkingsideAttackmiddlegame
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Puzzle 0I4b4

Rating 1969 advantagedeflectiondiscoveredAttack
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Puzzle 0K3ip

Rating 1969 advantagemiddlegameshort
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Puzzle 0KqSZ

Rating 1969 advantageattractionclearance
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Puzzle 0PtsX

Rating 1969 advantagediscoveredAttacklong
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Puzzle 0Qa4R

Rating 1969 crushinglongmiddlegame
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Puzzle 0Qydu

Rating 1969 advantagelongmiddlegame
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Puzzle 0Rs1z

Rating 1969 advantagekingsideAttacklong
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Puzzle 0UjmV

Rating 1969 crushingmiddlegameshort
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Puzzle 0WXqd

Rating 1969 advantageclearanceintermezzo
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Puzzle 0XAGl

Rating 1969 advantagehangingPiecemiddlegame
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Puzzle 03PeH

Rating 1970 advancedPawncrushinglong
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Puzzle 0NfN6

Rating 1970 advantagediscoveredAttacklong
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Puzzle 0OOR0

Rating 1970 advantageforkmiddlegame
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Puzzle 0XOJL

Rating 1970 advantagemiddlegameshort
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Puzzle 09tf5

Rating 1971 crushingmiddlegameshort
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Puzzle 0BQAJ

Rating 1971 advantagemiddlegameveryLong
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Puzzle 0FSEH

Rating 1971 advantagedefensiveMovelong
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Puzzle 0GO4T

Rating 1971 advantagedeflectionmaster
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Puzzle 0KW4n

Rating 1971 crushingintermezzomiddlegame
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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