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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 14233–14256 of 22530 matching records

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Puzzle 0OWLY

Rating 1999 crushingdefensiveMovelong
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Puzzle 0RzkC

Rating 1999 crushingmiddlegamesacrifice
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Puzzle 0WKNj

Rating 1999 advantagedefensiveMovemiddlegame
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Puzzle 0Wu9I

Rating 1999 advantagelongmiddlegame
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Puzzle 00KNK

Rating 2000 advantagedeflectiondiscoveredCheck
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Puzzle 0CFOP

Rating 2000 advantagecapturingDefenderlong
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Puzzle 0d8mR

Rating 2000 advantagemiddlegameshort
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Puzzle 0fdMx

Rating 2000 crushingdiscoveredCheckdoubleCheck
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Puzzle 0HcRr

Rating 2000 crushingdefensiveMovemiddlegame
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Puzzle 0hODt

Rating 2000 advantagemiddlegameshort
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Puzzle 0KenT

Rating 2000 advancedPawnadvantagelong
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Puzzle 0Q6Z9

Rating 2000 crushingdiscoveredAttackdiscoveredCheck
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Puzzle 0TUjd

Rating 2000 advantageclearancemiddlegame
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Puzzle 0Ve7d

Rating 2000 advantagemiddlegameshort
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Puzzle 0XjHb

Rating 2000 advantagemiddlegameshort
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Puzzle 01iF8

Rating 2001 discoveredAttackdiscoveredCheckfork
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