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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.

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Puzzle 0QA4Q

Rating 1285 arabianMatediscoveredAttackmate
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Puzzle 0Dqhz

Rating 1288 endgamekingsideAttackmate
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Puzzle 00tB9

Rating 1289 advantagemiddlegamepin
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Puzzle 09OO6

Rating 1289 advantagecapturingDefendermiddlegame
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Puzzle 0M6m5

Rating 1292 crushingexposedKinglong
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Puzzle 06dvw

Rating 1294 advancedPawnadvantageendgame
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Puzzle 08JhJ

Rating 1295 advantagemastermiddlegame
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Puzzle 0D753

Rating 1295 crushingkingsideAttackmiddlegame
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Puzzle 0LyHn

Rating 1295 advantagemiddlegamepin
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Puzzle 0Atpj

Rating 1296 advantagelongmiddlegame
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Puzzle 0DCCk

Rating 1296 attractionexposedKingkillBoxMate
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Puzzle 0DrdY

Rating 1296 advantageendgamemaster
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