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
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Rating 1609
advantagehangingPieceopening
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Rating 1611
advantageopeningshort
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Rating 1613
matemateIn1oneMove
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Rating 1613
crushingmasteropening
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Rating 1615
discoveredCheckdoubleCheckmate
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Rating 1616
advantagelongopening
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Rating 1617
advancedPawncrushingfork
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Rating 1617
crushingmastermasterVsMaster
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Rating 1617
advantageexposedKingfork
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Rating 1618
crushinglongopening
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Rating 1618
advantagelongopening
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Rating 1619
advantagedeflectionexposedKing
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Rating 1621
advantageforkopening
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Rating 1622
advantagekingsideAttackopening
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Rating 1622
kingsideAttackmatemateIn2
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Rating 1623
advantageintermezzoopening
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Rating 1624
crushingopeningshort
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Rating 1624
crushingkingsideAttackopening
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Rating 1624
crushingdefensiveMoveopening
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Rating 1625
discoveredAttackenPassantkingsideAttack
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Rating 1625
advantageforkopening
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Rating 1628
advantageintermezzomaster
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Rating 1629
crushingforklong
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Rating 1629
advantageopeningshort
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