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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 14089–14112 of 22530 matching records

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Puzzle 0Wz34

Rating 1985 advantagedefensiveMovehangingPiece
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Puzzle 0ZLRp

Rating 1985 advantagemiddlegameshort
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Puzzle 03OFF

Rating 1986 advantagehangingPiecelong
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Puzzle 04Dsf

Rating 1986 advancedPawnadvantagemiddlegame
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Puzzle 074kn

Rating 1986 advantagediscoveredAttacklong
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Puzzle 09nqt

Rating 1986 crushingdiscoveredAttackdiscoveredCheck
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Puzzle 0AxyA

Rating 1986 crushinglongmiddlegame
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Puzzle 0HohX

Rating 1986 advantagediscoveredAttacklong
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Puzzle 0T0SG

Rating 1986 advantagediscoveredAttackkingsideAttack
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Puzzle 0X9Lu

Rating 1986 crushinglongmiddlegame
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Puzzle 0Aujn

Rating 1987 advantagedefensiveMovemiddlegame
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Puzzle 0CiyD

Rating 1987 advantagelongmiddlegame
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Puzzle 0CWsh

Rating 1987 attractioncrushingdeflection
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Puzzle 0DsWq

Rating 1987 advantagekingsideAttacklong
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Puzzle 0F3zR

Rating 1987 advantagecapturingDefenderkingsideAttack
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Puzzle 0LRkd

Rating 1987 advantagemiddlegameshort
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Puzzle 0MFXX

Rating 1987 kingsideAttacklongmate
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Puzzle 0O9v7

Rating 1987 advantagedefensiveMovelong
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Puzzle 0PwD0

Rating 1987 crushingkingsideAttackmiddlegame
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Puzzle 0QLQv

Rating 1987 advantageclearancemiddlegame
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Puzzle 0SMvh

Rating 1987 crushingdiscoveredAttackexposedKing
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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