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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 1033–1056 of 3322 matching records

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Puzzle 06ABV

Rating 1594 crushingdeflectionmiddlegame
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Puzzle 0J6XL

Rating 1594 kingsideAttackmatemateIn2
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Puzzle 0C2fE

Rating 1595 advantagemastermiddlegame
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Puzzle 0LpSd

Rating 1596 crushinglongmiddlegame
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Puzzle 05lM6

Rating 1597 advantagemiddlegamepin
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Puzzle 0E6DM

Rating 1597 advantagekingsideAttackmiddlegame
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Puzzle 0OSaf

Rating 1597 kingsideAttackmatemateIn2
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Puzzle 02wdz

Rating 1598 advantagemastermasterVsMaster
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Puzzle 0BuUK

Rating 1598 attackingF2F7matemateIn2
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Puzzle 0OOQx

Rating 1598 attractioncrushinglong
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Puzzle 07Khq

Rating 1600 crushingmiddlegamepin
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Puzzle 09aaY

Rating 1600 advantagemiddlegamepin
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Puzzle 05StG

Rating 1601 matemateIn1middlegame
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Puzzle 0JW5B

Rating 1601 crushingdefensiveMovelong
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Puzzle 0Pbqv

Rating 1601 crushingmiddlegamepin
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Puzzle 07ZOz

Rating 1602 epauletteMatemastermate
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Puzzle 09UnS

Rating 1602 advantagelongmiddlegame
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More puzzle themes: Advanced pawn · Attacks on f2 / f7 · Attraction · Back-rank mate · Bishop endgame tactics · Capture the defender · Clearance · Defensive move · Deflection · Discovered attack · All themes