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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 1585–1608 of 3322 matching records

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Puzzle 06dOZ

Rating 1889 advantagemiddlegamepin
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Puzzle 0Bgwx

Rating 1889 advantagemiddlegamepin
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Puzzle 0ODQl

Rating 1891 advantagemiddlegamepin
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Puzzle 0Po1E

Rating 1891 crushingexposedKingmiddlegame
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Puzzle 05wr2

Rating 1892 advantageclearancemiddlegame
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Puzzle 02nkx

Rating 1893 advantagekingsideAttackmiddlegame
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Puzzle 0TndI

Rating 1893 kingsideAttackmatemateIn2
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Puzzle 0MchS

Rating 1894 crushingmiddlegamepin
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Puzzle 03ow6

Rating 1896 advancedPawncrushingendgame
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Puzzle 0ZBis

Rating 1898 crushingmastermiddlegame
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Puzzle 0RxmQ

Rating 1899 advancedPawncrushingendgame
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Puzzle 03A59

Rating 1902 crushinglongmiddlegame
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Puzzle 09c0k

Rating 1902 crushinglongmiddlegame
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