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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crushingdefensiveMovehangingPiece
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advantageclearancefork
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advantageopeningsacrifice
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advantageopeningpin
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Rating 1755
crushingopeningshort
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Rating 1756
advantageopeningshort
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Rating 1757
advantageforkopening
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Rating 1759
crushingdefensiveMoveopening
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Rating 1759
advantageopeningshort
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Rating 1764
attackingF2F7crushingdeflection
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Rating 1768
forkmatemateIn2
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Rating 1769
crushingopeningshort
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Rating 1771
advantagehangingPiecemaster
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Rating 1772
crushingkingsideAttackopening
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Rating 1776
crushingopeningshort
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Rating 1777
advantagekingsideAttacklong
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Rating 1777
crushingopeningshort
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Rating 1777
equalitylongopening
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Rating 1782
advantageopeningshort
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Rating 1782
advantageforkopening
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Rating 1785
advantagediscoveredAttackkingsideAttack
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Rating 1785
advancedPawncrushingfork
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Rating 1787
advantagedefensiveMoveopening
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Rating 1789
advantagekingsideAttackopening
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