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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 481–504 of 3322 matching records

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Puzzle 0PzP3

Rating 1300 advantagemiddlegamepin
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Puzzle 01PBg

Rating 1303 advantagemiddlegamepin
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Puzzle 0Fh76

Rating 1303 crushinghangingPiecemiddlegame
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Puzzle 03CF0

Rating 1304 capturingDefenderequalitykingsideAttack
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Puzzle 0GHGg

Rating 1304 advantagemiddlegamepin
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Puzzle 0TUwf

Rating 1305 advantagemiddlegamepin
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Puzzle 0DTsJ

Rating 1306 advantageattractionendgame
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Puzzle 0ESNQ

Rating 1306 advantagekingsideAttackmiddlegame
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Puzzle 0EIwo

Rating 1309 crushinghangingPiecemiddlegame
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Puzzle 0FJDl

Rating 1310 advantagemastermiddlegame
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Puzzle 098zl

Rating 1312 crushingdefensiveMoveendgame
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Puzzle 0KUD0

Rating 1312 advantagemiddlegamepin
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Puzzle 0NHYg

Rating 1312 advantagemiddlegamepin
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Puzzle 0OspD

Rating 1312 crushingdefensiveMoveendgame
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