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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 721–744 of 3322 matching records

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Puzzle 0MxSq

Rating 1428 advantagekingsideAttackmiddlegame
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Puzzle 0F3Bt

Rating 1429 advantagelongmiddlegame
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Puzzle 0Bo7h

Rating 1430 crushingdeflectionendgame
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Puzzle 0A7Ua

Rating 1431 advantagemiddlegamepin
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Puzzle 046Am

Rating 1432 kingsideAttackmatemateIn2
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Puzzle 0S3Tr

Rating 1433 attractioncrushingendgame
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Puzzle 00M1q

Rating 1434 advantagelongmiddlegame
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Puzzle 0BInx

Rating 1434 advantagemiddlegamepin
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Puzzle 07pln

Rating 1435 advantagemiddlegamepin
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Puzzle 0Cmj7

Rating 1436 crushinglongmiddlegame
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Puzzle 0QcXs

Rating 1436 advancedPawncrushingendgame
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Puzzle 0QFBG

Rating 1436 discoveredAttackkingsideAttackmate
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Puzzle 0FkoB

Rating 1438 advantagemiddlegamepin
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Puzzle 01aXE

Rating 1439 crushinglongmiddlegame
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