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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

Browse the local collection

24 shown from 49500 locally materialized records.

Showing 289–312 of 3322 matching records

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Puzzle 0Amz6

Rating 1155 advantagemiddlegamepin
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Puzzle 0NMgB

Rating 1155 advantagemiddlegamepin
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Puzzle 07jgg

Rating 1158 crushingkingsideAttacklong
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Puzzle 0J6EC

Rating 1160 attractioncrushingdeflection
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Puzzle 04btL

Rating 1162 advantagemiddlegamepin
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Puzzle 0Hbyj

Rating 1162 attractioncrushingdeflection
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Puzzle 0EbQf

Rating 1163 advantagemiddlegamepin
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Puzzle 02MwE

Rating 1164 crushingkingsideAttackmiddlegame
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Puzzle 0DvPk

Rating 1165 advancedPawnadvantagedeflection
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Puzzle 0JLwd

Rating 1168 crushinglongmiddlegame
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Puzzle 0FAuH

Rating 1171 attractioncrushingfork
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Puzzle 0NTUx

Rating 1173 crushingdefensiveMoveendgame
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Puzzle 08Ev3

Rating 1174 epauletteMatematemateIn1
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