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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 553–576 of 3322 matching records

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Puzzle 05Fzd

Rating 1339 crushingmastermiddlegame
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Puzzle 0Cozl

Rating 1339 advantagemiddlegamepin
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Puzzle 0HsAd

Rating 1339 advantagelongmiddlegame
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Puzzle 02LLO

Rating 1340 advantagediscoveredAttackendgame
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Puzzle 0OjbV

Rating 1341 advantagemiddlegamepin
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Puzzle 0OKWp

Rating 1342 crushingdeflectionendgame
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Puzzle 09amb

Rating 1344 advantagelongmiddlegame
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Puzzle 0LjvZ

Rating 1346 advantagemiddlegamepin
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Puzzle 0NmnR

Rating 1347 advantagemiddlegamepin
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Puzzle 003S3

Rating 1349 advantagemiddlegamepin
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Puzzle 01b3S

Rating 1349 kingsideAttackmatemateIn2
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Puzzle 0Mqw5

Rating 1349 advancedPawncrushingendgame
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Puzzle 0Q8QI

Rating 1349 crushingdiscoveredAttackmiddlegame
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Puzzle 08QKN

Rating 1350 advantageintermezzokingsideAttack
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Puzzle 0QpRi

Rating 1350 advancedPawndiscoveredAttackdiscoveredCheck
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