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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 529–552 of 3322 matching records

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Puzzle 0LjOD

Rating 1326 discoveredAttackinterferencemate
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Puzzle 0397H

Rating 1327 advancedPawnendgamemate
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Puzzle 045Yc

Rating 1327 advantageendgamemaster
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Puzzle 0CIRU

Rating 1327 hangingPiecemastermate
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Puzzle 07L1U

Rating 1330 crushingendgamekingsideAttack
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Puzzle 0MqeG

Rating 1330 advantagemiddlegamepin
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Puzzle 0PwQM

Rating 1330 advantagemiddlegamepin
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Puzzle 0JUbQ

Rating 1332 advancedPawnadvantagedeflection
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Puzzle 09FaG

Rating 1335 advancedPawnadvantagediscoveredAttack
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Puzzle 0KzA7

Rating 1337 advantagelongmiddlegame
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Puzzle 0RcP9

Rating 1337 capturingDefendercrushingmiddlegame
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