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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 1129–1152 of 3322 matching records

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Puzzle 0JSau

Rating 1642 advantagemiddlegamepin
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Puzzle 0P5kz

Rating 1642 kingsideAttackmatemateIn2
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Puzzle 0GyQo

Rating 1644 advantagekingsideAttacklong
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Puzzle 0TBlA

Rating 1644 kingsideAttackmatemateIn2
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Puzzle 0Cvzc

Rating 1646 attractionkingsideAttackmate
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Puzzle 0F2Np

Rating 1646 matemateIn1middlegame
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Puzzle 0H8GA

Rating 1647 advantagehangingPieceopening
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Puzzle 0OODq

Rating 1650 advantagedefensiveMovemaster
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Puzzle 0UN6k

Rating 1650 advantagemiddlegamepin
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Puzzle 02qoc

Rating 1651 crushingendgameinterference
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Puzzle 04vl4

Rating 1652 advantagelongmiddlegame
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Puzzle 07xTa

Rating 1652 crushingmiddlegamepin
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Puzzle 0Fo1B

Rating 1652 advantagemiddlegamepin
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Puzzle 0I2y3

Rating 1653 attackingF2F7crushingmiddlegame
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Puzzle 070k6

Rating 1654 advantagedefensiveMovemiddlegame
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