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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 1297–1320 of 3322 matching records

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Puzzle 0MCEw

Rating 1726 advantagelongmiddlegame
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Puzzle 047t6

Rating 1727 advantageendgamemaster
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Puzzle 05bWa

Rating 1728 advantagekingsideAttackmiddlegame
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Puzzle 09Yzh

Rating 1728 advantageendgamehangingPiece
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Puzzle 0OTfC

Rating 1729 advantagemiddlegamepin
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Puzzle 0BL3T

Rating 1730 advantagelongmiddlegame
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Puzzle 05IZ5

Rating 1733 crushingmiddlegamepin
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Puzzle 067YD

Rating 1734 advantagemiddlegamepin
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Puzzle 0UyiH

Rating 1734 advantageattractionlong
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Puzzle 0ICdl

Rating 1735 crushinglongmiddlegame
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Puzzle 01vf9

Rating 1736 crushingendgamemaster
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Puzzle 06S6c

Rating 1736 crushinglongmiddlegame
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Puzzle 0MYBQ

Rating 1736 crushingmiddlegamepin
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Puzzle 0433A

Rating 1738 kingsideAttackmatemateIn2
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Puzzle 01w4t

Rating 1739 advantagemiddlegamepin
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Puzzle 0Ihbb

Rating 1739 advantagekingsideAttackmiddlegame
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Puzzle 03OJW

Rating 1740 crushingdeflectiondiscoveredAttack
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Puzzle 086P7

Rating 1740 advantagemiddlegamepin
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Puzzle 0HpkB

Rating 1740 advantagedefensiveMovelong
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