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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 1969–1992 of 3322 matching records

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Puzzle 0NbQI

Rating 2080 attractioncrushingdeflection
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Puzzle 0FRR6

Rating 2081 advancedPawnadvantagediscoveredAttack
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Puzzle 0SZgV

Rating 2081 crushingendgameexposedKing
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Puzzle 0B0FE

Rating 2082 advantagecapturingDefenderfork
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Puzzle 01tgp

Rating 2083 crushingdiscoveredAttacklong
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Puzzle 0OaKT

Rating 2083 advantagediscoveredAttacklong
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Puzzle 06o2P

Rating 2084 deflectiondiscoveredAttackdiscoveredCheck
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Puzzle 0AJjQ

Rating 2084 advantagedefensiveMovemiddlegame
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Puzzle 0M94i

Rating 2089 advantageclearancedeflection
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Puzzle 0Jb8P

Rating 2090 crushingmastermiddlegame
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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