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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 14185–14208 of 22530 matching records

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Puzzle 04TXK

Rating 1995 advantagemiddlegameshort
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Puzzle 0IVQ7

Rating 1995 advantagelongmiddlegame
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Puzzle 0JulD

Rating 1995 crushinglongmiddlegame
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Puzzle 0LZdo

Rating 1995 advantageattractionkingsideAttack
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Puzzle 0M0AF

Rating 1995 crushingforkmiddlegame
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Puzzle 0OW4G

Rating 1995 crushingdefensiveMovemiddlegame
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Puzzle 0PJ1d

Rating 1995 advantagecapturingDefenderlong
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Puzzle 0TlQE

Rating 1995 crushingforkhangingPiece
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Puzzle 02pAU

Rating 1996 attractionkingsideAttacklong
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Puzzle 06mzi

Rating 1996 matemateIn2middlegame
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Puzzle 07Apj

Rating 1996 advantagediscoveredAttackmiddlegame
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Puzzle 07nKJ

Rating 1996 advantagemiddlegamequietMove
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Puzzle 08qww

Rating 1996 advantagelongmiddlegame
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Puzzle 0CGhW

Rating 1996 crushingdefensiveMovemiddlegame
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Puzzle 0D25t

Rating 1996 advantagemiddlegamepin
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Puzzle 0RuYd

Rating 1996 advantagemiddlegameshort
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Puzzle 0Wd5B

Rating 1996 advantagelongmiddlegame
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Puzzle 0Xagy

Rating 1996 advantagemiddlegamepin
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Puzzle 0XScM

Rating 1996 advantagemiddlegamepin
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Puzzle 01KiF

Rating 1997 advantageforkmiddlegame
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Puzzle 023LV

Rating 1997 advantagediscoveredAttacklong
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