2151 real-game puzzles in this collection
What is a opening tactics?
Punishments for early mistakes: development leads converting into material, uncastled kings caught in the center and classic opening traps from real games.
How to spot it
A lead in development plus an open center almost always hides a tactic. Look at every check and every strike against f7 or f2 before routine development.
What this set trains
Teaches why opening principles exist — by showing exactly how their violations lose.
Foundation: 777Developing: 513Challenging: 386Advanced: 475
developing
Rating 1304
capturingDefenderequalitykingsideAttack
developing
Rating 1306
capturingDefendercrushingopening
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Rating 1306
advantageforkopening
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Rating 1306
discoveredAttackdiscoveredCheckmaster
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Rating 1306
crushingforkopening
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Rating 1307
attackingF2F7matemateIn1
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Rating 1307
advantagelongopening
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Rating 1307
attackingF2F7matemateIn1
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Rating 1310
advantagehangingPiecelong
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Rating 1310
advantageclearancefork
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Rating 1310
advantageopeningshort
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Rating 1311
clearancematemateIn2
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Rating 1311
crushingforkopening
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Rating 1311
advantageforkmaster
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Rating 1311
attackingF2F7matemateIn1
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Rating 1312
crushingopeningshort
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Rating 1312
matemateIn1oneMove
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Rating 1312
advantageattractiondiscoveredAttack
developing
Rating 1314
advantagelongopening
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Rating 1314
advantagediscoveredAttackopening
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Rating 1315
advantageopeningshort
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Rating 1315
crushingopeningpin
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Rating 1315
matemateIn2opening
developing
Rating 1316
advantagecapturingDefenderopening
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