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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 1729–1752 of 3322 matching records

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Puzzle 0N4S1

Rating 1962 crushingmiddlegamepin
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Puzzle 0Avw6

Rating 1963 crushinglongmiddlegame
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Puzzle 0UJlw

Rating 1963 crushingmiddlegamepin
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Puzzle 035YV

Rating 1964 advantagecastlingdiscoveredAttack
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Puzzle 0C1yE

Rating 1964 crushingforkmiddlegame
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Puzzle 0MIHa

Rating 1965 advantagemiddlegamepin
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Puzzle 0WAe5

Rating 1967 advancedPawnattractioncrushing
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Puzzle 04CXP

Rating 1969 advantageendgamemaster
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Puzzle 07iSx

Rating 1969 crushingdiscoveredAttackdiscoveredCheck
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Puzzle 0FF18

Rating 1969 crushingkingsideAttackmiddlegame
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Puzzle 0Rs1z

Rating 1969 advantagekingsideAttacklong
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Puzzle 0W3KP

Rating 1971 attractionkingsideAttackmate
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Puzzle 05dCo

Rating 1972 advantagemastermiddlegame
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Puzzle 05mps

Rating 1972 advantageforkmiddlegame
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Puzzle 09vLZ

Rating 1973 advantagemiddlegamepin
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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