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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 1921–1944 of 3322 matching records

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Puzzle 01MhR

Rating 2061 advantagemastermiddlegame
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Puzzle 0EssV

Rating 2061 advantagedefensiveMovemaster
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Puzzle 02cG7

Rating 2062 advantageexposedKingmiddlegame
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Puzzle 0egm1

Rating 2064 advancedPawncrushingdeflection
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Puzzle 02XE2

Rating 2066 advantagekingsideAttacklong
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Puzzle 0Xz5z

Rating 2066 advancedPawncrushingendgame
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Puzzle 0IZXZ

Rating 2068 crushingkingsideAttacklong
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