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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

Browse the local collection

24 shown from 49500 locally materialized records.

Showing 1777–1800 of 3322 matching records

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Puzzle 0TGCY

Rating 1992 crushingendgamemaster
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Puzzle 0TM39

Rating 1992 advantagelongmiddlegame
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Puzzle 0E0Sr

Rating 1993 kingsideAttackmatemateIn2
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Puzzle 0FLpD

Rating 1993 matemateIn2middlegame
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Puzzle 00p93

Rating 1995 crushinglongmiddlegame
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Puzzle 0OgrN

Rating 1995 crushingdeflectionendgame
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Puzzle 07Apj

Rating 1996 advantagediscoveredAttackmiddlegame
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Puzzle 0D25t

Rating 1996 advantagemiddlegamepin
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Puzzle 0Xagy

Rating 1996 advantagemiddlegamepin
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Puzzle 0XScM

Rating 1996 advantagemiddlegamepin
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Puzzle 06ZyU

Rating 1997 advancedPawncrushingendgame
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Puzzle 0WigU

Rating 1998 advantagelongmiddlegame
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Puzzle 02jzk

Rating 1999 advancedPawncrushingdeflection
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Puzzle 0HcRr

Rating 2000 crushingdefensiveMovemiddlegame
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Puzzle 0QZEZ

Rating 2000 advantagedefensiveMoveendgame
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Puzzle 06eAS

Rating 2001 attractionclearancecrushing
advanced

Puzzle 0EAda

Rating 2002 advantageclearancemiddlegame
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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