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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 14041–14064 of 22530 matching records

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Puzzle 0A2EW

Rating 1981 crushingmiddlegameshort
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Puzzle 0A2Kx

Rating 1981 crushingdefensiveMoveexposedKing
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Puzzle 0AhD0

Rating 1981 advantagemiddlegameshort
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Puzzle 0Fqou

Rating 1981 advantagedefensiveMovefork
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Puzzle 0G602

Rating 1981 advantagelongmiddlegame
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Puzzle 0GinK

Rating 1981 advantagelongmiddlegame
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Puzzle 0Jh1z

Rating 1981 crushingdiscoveredAttackdiscoveredCheck
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Puzzle 0KiHd

Rating 1981 advantagemiddlegameshort
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Puzzle 0MyTT

Rating 1981 crushingdiscoveredAttackdiscoveredCheck
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Puzzle 0RUGo

Rating 1981 crushinglongmiddlegame
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Puzzle 0S6iR

Rating 1981 crushinglongmiddlegame
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Puzzle 00Ezc

Rating 1982 crushingmiddlegameshort
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Puzzle 02psv

Rating 1982 advantagecapturingDefenderdiscoveredAttack
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Puzzle 0DaBp

Rating 1982 crushinglongmiddlegame
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Puzzle 0FlUs

Rating 1982 advantagekingsideAttackmaster
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Puzzle 0KE1r

Rating 1982 clearancecrushinglong
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Puzzle 0MwzW

Rating 1982 advantagelongmiddlegame
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Puzzle 0NcB9

Rating 1982 advantagelongmiddlegame
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Puzzle 0OJ0h

Rating 1982 advantagemastermiddlegame
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Puzzle 0RkIn

Rating 1982 advantagediscoveredAttackdiscoveredCheck
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Puzzle 02ERf

Rating 1983 advantagelongmiddlegame
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Puzzle 02hwW

Rating 1983 advantagedeflectionlong
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Puzzle 03dfD

Rating 1983 crushingmiddlegameshort
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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