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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 1537–1560 of 3322 matching records

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Puzzle 0LLZZ

Rating 1858 advantagemiddlegamepin
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Puzzle 0I8XT

Rating 1859 crushingendgamekingsideAttack
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Puzzle 0CtnM

Rating 1860 advantagedefensiveMoveendgame
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Puzzle 09Ze0

Rating 1863 advancedPawnadvantageendgame
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Puzzle 0OlQc

Rating 1863 crushingdeflectionlong
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Puzzle 08Dz6

Rating 1864 advantagedefensiveMovediscoveredAttack
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Puzzle 0LAlf

Rating 1864 crushingmastermiddlegame
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Puzzle 06Zwh

Rating 1865 crushingintermezzolong
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Puzzle 08ANJ

Rating 1865 crushingdeflectionlong
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Puzzle 0EvaR

Rating 1865 advantagelongmiddlegame
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Puzzle 0Mt7k

Rating 1865 advantageattractionendgame
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Puzzle 0VAxO

Rating 1865 crushinglongmiddlegame
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Puzzle 0OaKG

Rating 1867 advancedPawncrushingendgame
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Puzzle 059vO

Rating 1868 crushingmastermiddlegame
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Puzzle 08m5R

Rating 1868 crushingkingsideAttacklong
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Puzzle 0T7u5

Rating 1868 crushingmiddlegamepin
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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