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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 1489–1512 of 3322 matching records

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Puzzle 0YCYK

Rating 1830 crushingexposedKinglong
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Puzzle 0F2gT

Rating 1832 advancedPawncrushingmiddlegame
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Puzzle 03i6t

Rating 1835 crushingexposedKinglong
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Puzzle 0P8qb

Rating 1835 advantagekingsideAttacklong
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Puzzle 02BBW

Rating 1836 advantagekingsideAttacklong
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Puzzle 0CW2P

Rating 1836 advantagedefensiveMovelong
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Puzzle 0IiTl

Rating 1836 crushingmiddlegamepin
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Puzzle 0VnGh

Rating 1836 crushinglongmiddlegame
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Puzzle 0Yxrq

Rating 1837 crushingmastermiddlegame
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Puzzle 01H66

Rating 1838 advancedPawncrushingendgame
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Puzzle 0BwAt

Rating 1840 crushingdeflectionendgame
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Puzzle 0Dj8e

Rating 1840 advantageclearancemaster
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Puzzle 0YSt3

Rating 1840 advantagemastermiddlegame
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Puzzle 04Ngl

Rating 1843 advantagemiddlegamepin
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Puzzle 0ZOYC

Rating 1844 advancedPawnclearancecrushing
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