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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 313–336 of 3322 matching records

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Puzzle 0Msw4

Rating 1175 advantagedeflectionkingsideAttack
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Puzzle 0NWjb

Rating 1176 advantagemiddlegamepin
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Puzzle 0OTy4

Rating 1177 advantagemiddlegamepin
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Puzzle 09Yru

Rating 1178 advantageclearanceendgame
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Puzzle 0GYxS

Rating 1178 advantagemiddlegamepin
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Puzzle 08VyN

Rating 1179 crushingdefensiveMoveendgame
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Puzzle 0M8FZ

Rating 1179 crushingdiscoveredAttacklong
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Puzzle 0Gdrk

Rating 1182 kingsideAttackmatemateIn2
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Puzzle 0FJCP

Rating 1184 advantagemiddlegamepin
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Puzzle 0IQHl

Rating 1184 crushingmastermiddlegame
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Puzzle 01eyQ

Rating 1186 advantagemastermiddlegame
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Puzzle 0CuLb

Rating 1186 advantagemiddlegamepin
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Puzzle 0KUDH

Rating 1186 advantagemiddlegamepin
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Puzzle 05bV8

Rating 1188 crushingforkmiddlegame
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