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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 14113–14136 of 22530 matching records

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Puzzle 0Ue7v

Rating 1987 advantagelongmiddlegame
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Puzzle 0WMEc

Rating 1987 advantagemiddlegameshort
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Puzzle 0YVoL

Rating 1987 crushingmiddlegameshort
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Puzzle 0FBqx

Rating 1988 crushingdefensiveMovelong
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Puzzle 0GlLE

Rating 1988 attractionkingsideAttackmate
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Puzzle 0GOAv

Rating 1988 crushingdiscoveredAttackkingsideAttack
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Puzzle 0NwDl

Rating 1988 advantagelongmiddlegame
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Puzzle 0OYcV

Rating 1988 crushingmastermiddlegame
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Puzzle 0PCsF

Rating 1988 advantagemastermiddlegame
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Puzzle 04HwQ

Rating 1989 advantagehangingPiecemiddlegame
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Puzzle 08TRR

Rating 1989 advantagekingsideAttacklong
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Puzzle 0B84V

Rating 1989 advancedPawnmatemateIn2
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Puzzle 0DjUC

Rating 1989 advantagelongmiddlegame
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Puzzle 0JN2m

Rating 1989 crushingdeflectionexposedKing
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Puzzle 0KFLD

Rating 1989 advantagedefensiveMovehangingPiece
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Puzzle 0KxGs

Rating 1989 advantagelongmiddlegame
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Puzzle 0UfLx

Rating 1989 advantagemiddlegamepin
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Puzzle 0ZBe2

Rating 1989 crushingmiddlegameshort
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Puzzle 02lwJ

Rating 1990 advantagemastermiddlegame
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Puzzle 06go1

Rating 1990 advantagemiddlegameshort
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Puzzle 07rue

Rating 1990 crushinglongmiddlegame
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Puzzle 08Bjl

Rating 1990 advantagemiddlegameshort
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Puzzle 0GHPK

Rating 1990 advantageexposedKinglong
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