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Pin 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.

3322 real-game puzzles in this collection

What is a pin?

A pin freezes an enemy piece on a line because moving it would expose a more valuable piece behind it. An absolute pin, against the king, makes moving the pinned piece illegal; a relative pin merely makes it losing.

How to spot it

Trace every bishop, rook and queen line through enemy pieces toward the king or queen. When two enemy units share a line with your long-range piece, a pin is on the board or one move away.

What this set trains

Pin puzzles teach you to pile pressure on an immobilized target and to notice when a defender that looks solid is actually frozen.

Foundation: 347Developing: 701Challenging: 745Advanced: 1529

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24 shown from 49500 locally materialized records.

Showing 3073–3096 of 3322 matching records

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Puzzle 23R9w

Rating 2665 advantagedeflectionmiddlegame
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Puzzle 1w0Lc

Rating 2667 advantageexposedKingmiddlegame
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Puzzle 2LsY7

Rating 2667 crushingexposedKingmiddlegame
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Puzzle 0bmwc

Rating 2668 advancedPawnadvantagedefensiveMove
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Puzzle 1VgWC

Rating 2668 advancedPawnattractioncrushing
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Puzzle 0lQpU

Rating 2673 crushingkingsideAttacklong
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Puzzle 20BbF

Rating 2673 advantageforkhangingPiece
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Puzzle 14alQ

Rating 2674 advantagedefensiveMovelong
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Puzzle 1WhAX

Rating 2674 advantagediscoveredAttackdiscoveredCheck
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Puzzle 1ojKG

Rating 2675 crushingdiscoveredAttacklong
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Puzzle 1UCVV

Rating 2675 advancedPawncapturingDefenderclearance
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More puzzle themes: Advanced pawn · Attacks on f2 / f7 · Attraction · Back-rank mate · Bishop endgame tactics · Capture the defender · Clearance · Defensive move · Deflection · Discovered attack · All themes