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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 13993–14016 of 22530 matching records

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Puzzle 0FBj5

Rating 1976 advantageforkmiddlegame
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Puzzle 0GkKe

Rating 1976 advantagedefensiveMovelong
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Puzzle 0Lbvz

Rating 1976 advantageintermezzomiddlegame
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Puzzle 0LxxH

Rating 1976 advantagehangingPiecemiddlegame
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Puzzle 0QydF

Rating 1976 matemateIn4middlegame
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Puzzle 0X2KI

Rating 1976 advantageclearancelong
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Puzzle 05ylO

Rating 1977 crushingmiddlegameshort
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Puzzle 08XPZ

Rating 1977 advantagemiddlegameshort
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Puzzle 09ALw

Rating 1977 crushinglongmiddlegame
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Puzzle 0A7bx

Rating 1977 crushingkingsideAttacklong
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Puzzle 0BhTt

Rating 1977 advantageforkhangingPiece
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Puzzle 0F6tt

Rating 1977 advantageforkmiddlegame
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Puzzle 0Rb8W

Rating 1977 crushinghangingPiecemaster
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Puzzle 0Vdzt

Rating 1977 advantageclearancelong
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Puzzle 0XcJi

Rating 1977 advantagemiddlegamepin
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Puzzle 0YOhC

Rating 1977 advantagediscoveredAttacklong
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Puzzle 060Kg

Rating 1978 advantageintermezzomiddlegame
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Puzzle 09L3Z

Rating 1978 advantagemastermiddlegame
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Puzzle 0C3qf

Rating 1978 attractiondiscoveredCheckdoubleCheck
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Puzzle 0Hwa4

Rating 1978 crushingmiddlegameskewer
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Puzzle 0KLIs

Rating 1978 crushingmastermiddlegame
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Puzzle 0NK7X

Rating 1978 advantagedeflectionexposedKing
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Puzzle 0Z8D5

Rating 1978 crushinglongmiddlegame
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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