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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 145–168 of 3322 matching records

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Puzzle 02a9L

Rating 1014 crushingendgamehangingPiece
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Puzzle 03BNm

Rating 1016 advantagekingsideAttackmiddlegame
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Puzzle 09eSu

Rating 1019 advancedPawncrushingendgame
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Puzzle 0L9ek

Rating 1026 crushingforkmiddlegame
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Puzzle 04tGQ

Rating 1029 advantagemasteropening
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Puzzle 08Tdr

Rating 1030 advantagemiddlegamepin
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Puzzle 0JogA

Rating 1030 advantageclearanceendgame
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Puzzle 0CgCr

Rating 1031 advantagemiddlegamepin
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Puzzle 07Wgq

Rating 1033 advantagemiddlegamepin
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Puzzle 0BO33

Rating 1038 advancedPawncrushingendgame
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Puzzle 0L9Cg

Rating 1039 advantagemiddlegamepin
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Puzzle 0Ithn

Rating 1040 advantagemiddlegamepin
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