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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 1441–1464 of 3322 matching records

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Puzzle 0CH48

Rating 1809 advancedPawncrushingendgame
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Puzzle 02rnR

Rating 1812 crushinglongmiddlegame
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Puzzle 0B8Pr

Rating 1813 advantageattractionendgame
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Puzzle 0LuAt

Rating 1813 kingsideAttackmatemateIn2
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Puzzle 003wQ

Rating 1814 advantagediscoveredAttackmiddlegame
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Puzzle 0Qtji

Rating 1816 attractioncrushingfork
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Puzzle 013zx

Rating 1817 crushingmiddlegamepin
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Puzzle 02Nig

Rating 1817 crushingdefensiveMoveendgame
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Puzzle 06nCm

Rating 1818 advantagemiddlegamepin
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Puzzle 0ONOQ

Rating 1818 advantagelongmiddlegame
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Puzzle 03o6y

Rating 1821 crushingexposedKinglong
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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