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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 1273–1296 of 3322 matching records

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Puzzle 0LLMs

Rating 1711 attractionkingsideAttacklong
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Puzzle 074Aw

Rating 1713 advantagemiddlegamepin
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Puzzle 0Aq3m

Rating 1714 attractionclearancecrushing
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Puzzle 0K6zq

Rating 1714 crushingmiddlegamepin
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Puzzle 0FXMB

Rating 1715 advantagecapturingDefendermaster
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Puzzle 0Gwbo

Rating 1717 advancedPawnadvantagelong
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Puzzle 0R5Ix

Rating 1717 advantagekingsideAttacklong
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Puzzle 0K4U5

Rating 1718 crushingdefensiveMoveendgame
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Puzzle 02MA3

Rating 1719 advantagekingsideAttacklong
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Puzzle 07dgL

Rating 1719 matemateIn2middlegame
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Puzzle 04YXv

Rating 1721 advantageendgameexposedKing
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Puzzle 06MBc

Rating 1721 advantagemiddlegamepin
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Puzzle 0KvPQ

Rating 1721 crushingmiddlegamepin
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Puzzle 0ADTm

Rating 1724 kingsideAttackmatemateIn1
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Puzzle 06g7W

Rating 1725 crushingmiddlegamepin
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Puzzle 064iW

Rating 1726 advantagemiddlegamepin
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