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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 13945–13968 of 22530 matching records

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Puzzle 0YOdT

Rating 1972 attractioncrushingkingsideAttack
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Puzzle 008lc

Rating 1973 attractioncrushingexposedKing
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Puzzle 01qgQ

Rating 1973 advantageintermezzomaster
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Puzzle 06s4Z

Rating 1973 clearancecrushingmiddlegame
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Puzzle 09vLZ

Rating 1973 advantagemiddlegamepin
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Puzzle 0AHRu

Rating 1973 advantagedeflectionexposedKing
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Puzzle 0KvTu

Rating 1973 advantageexposedKingfork
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Puzzle 0L9GP

Rating 1973 crushingdiscoveredAttackdiscoveredCheck
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Puzzle 0Lvq9

Rating 1973 crushingdiscoveredAttackkingsideAttack
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Puzzle 0Q8XM

Rating 1973 advantagekingsideAttacklong
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Puzzle 0QyIR

Rating 1973 equalitymiddlegameshort
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Puzzle 0Uj7S

Rating 1973 advantagediscoveredAttackdiscoveredCheck
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Puzzle 0WLJx

Rating 1973 advantagemiddlegameshort
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Puzzle 0Z9Qh

Rating 1973 advantagekingsideAttackmiddlegame
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Puzzle 01Cry

Rating 1974 advantagelongmiddlegame
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Puzzle 04nSJ

Rating 1974 crushinglongmiddlegame
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Puzzle 0DjLB

Rating 1974 crushingforkmiddlegame
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Puzzle 0ElJm

Rating 1974 advantagelongmiddlegame
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Puzzle 0Gmeo

Rating 1974 advantageexposedKinglong
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Puzzle 0JxjD

Rating 1974 advantagemiddlegameshort
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Puzzle 0LPbX

Rating 1974 advantagemastermasterVsMaster
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Puzzle 0MCNM

Rating 1974 equalitymiddlegameshort
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Puzzle 0MUwY

Rating 1974 advantagemiddlegameshort
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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