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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 1513–1536 of 3322 matching records

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Puzzle 00XGg

Rating 1846 attractionmatemateIn4
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Puzzle 0RZyI

Rating 1846 advantagelongmiddlegame
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Puzzle 0HtYp

Rating 1847 advantagediscoveredAttacklong
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Puzzle 0DaaM

Rating 1848 kingsideAttackmatemateIn2
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Puzzle 0I9Pf

Rating 1849 crushinglongmiddlegame
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Puzzle 0ShhL

Rating 1849 advantagekingsideAttacklong
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Puzzle 07dzz

Rating 1850 crushingkingsideAttackmaster
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Puzzle 00NEO

Rating 1851 matemateIn2middlegame
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Puzzle 0B67I

Rating 1851 crushingmastermiddlegame
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Puzzle 0LZQq

Rating 1851 advantagedefensiveMoveendgame
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Puzzle 02HgU

Rating 1852 advantagekingsideAttackmiddlegame
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Puzzle 06eSF

Rating 1852 attractioncapturingDefendercrushing
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Puzzle 0MGkl

Rating 1852 attractioncrushingkingsideAttack
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Puzzle 0EUlY

Rating 1854 advantagediscoveredAttackendgame
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Puzzle 0NBAd

Rating 1855 crushingmiddlegamepin
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Puzzle 01Qia

Rating 1857 crushinglongmiddlegame
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Puzzle 09sh0

Rating 1857 advantagemasteropening
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