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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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Showing 1993–2016 of 3322 matching records

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Puzzle 04eNc

Rating 2092 crushingmastermiddlegame
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Puzzle 06fd1

Rating 2092 capturingDefendercrushingmiddlegame
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Puzzle 0YMrN

Rating 2092 advantagekingsideAttackmiddlegame
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Puzzle 0IApn

Rating 2093 advancedPawnattractioncrushing
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Puzzle 08k4o

Rating 2095 advantagediscoveredAttackendgame
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Puzzle 0KAge

Rating 2095 crushingdefensiveMoveendgame
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Puzzle 08aQP

Rating 2096 advancedPawnadvantagelong
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Puzzle 077ct

Rating 2097 advantageclearancemiddlegame
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Puzzle 0Nbf4

Rating 2097 advancedPawncrushingdefensiveMove
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Puzzle 0MGTv

Rating 2098 crushingkingsideAttackmiddlegame
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Puzzle 0RVBa

Rating 2098 crushingdefensiveMoveendgame
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Puzzle 0TCoN

Rating 2099 advancedPawncrushingendgame
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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