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Middlegame Chess Tactics

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All Tactics Advanced PawnAdvantageAnastasia MateAttacking F 2f 7AttractionBack Rank MateBalestra MateBoden MateCapturing DefenderCastlingClearanceCollinear MoveCorner MateCrushingDefensive MoveDeflectionDiscovered AttackDiscovered CheckDouble Bishop MateDouble CheckDovetail MateEn PassantEndgameEpaulette MateExposed KingForkHanging PieceHook MateInterferenceIntermezzoKill Box MateKingside AttackLongMasterMaster Vs MasterMateMate In 1Mate In 2Mate In 3Mate In 4Mate In 5MiddlegameMorphys MateOne MoveOpeningOpera MatePillsburys MatePinPromotionQueenside AttackQuiet MoveRook EndgameSacrificeShortSkewerSmothered MateSuper GmSwallowstail MateTrapped PieceTriangle MateVery LongVukovic MateX Ray Attack
CrushingIntermediate Scandinavian Defense Blackburne-Kloosterboer Gambit Crushing Puzzle — Black to Move | #0QG8N Black to move · Rating 1457 Goal: Find the best tactical continuation Rated 1457Solve puzzle → MateBeginner English Opening Anglo-Scandinavian Defense Mate Puzzle — White to Move | #0QEHO White to move · Rating 1012 Goal: Find the best tactical continuation Rated 1012Solve puzzle → AdvantageIntermediate English Opening Agincourt Defense Advantage Puzzle — White to Move | #0QEBJ White to move · Rating 1495 Goal: Find the best tactical continuation Rated 1495Solve puzzle → MateIntermediate Scotch Game Scotch Gambit Mate Puzzle — Black to Move | #0QDAU Black to move · Rating 1146 Goal: Find the best tactical continuation Rated 1146Solve puzzle → AdvantageAdvanced Scotch Game Classical Variation Advantage Puzzle — Black to Move | #0QD8P Black to move · Rating 1844 Goal: Find the best tactical continuation Rated 1844Solve puzzle → CrushingBeginner Kings Gambit Accepted Schallopp Defense Crushing Puzzle — White to Move | #0QCDQ White to move · Rating 817 Goal: Find the best tactical continuation Rated 817Solve puzzle → Kingside AttackIntermediate English Opening Symmetrical Variation Kingside Attack Puzzle — White to Move | #0QCRK White to move · Rating 1326 Goal: Find the best tactical continuation Rated 1326Solve puzzle → MateIntermediate Kings Gambit Accepted Bonsch-Osmolovsky Variation Mate Puzzle — White to Move | #0QAWK White to move · Rating 1520 Goal: Find the best tactical continuation Rated 1520Solve puzzle → CrushingIntermediate Italian Game Evans Gambit Declined Crushing Puzzle — Black to Move | #0QBOG Black to move · Rating 1487 Goal: Find the best tactical continuation Rated 1487Solve puzzle → MateAdvanced Italian Game Paris Defense Mate Puzzle — White to Move | #0QAA6 White to move · Rating 1917 Goal: Find the best tactical continuation Rated 1917Solve puzzle → AdvantageBeginner Englund Gambit Complex Englund Gambit Advantage Puzzle — White to Move | #0QAEA White to move · Rating 970 Goal: Find the best tactical continuation Rated 970Solve puzzle → AdvantageAdvanced Queens Gambit Declined Vienna Variation Advantage Puzzle — Black to Move | #0QA7B Black to move · Rating 1930 Goal: Find the best tactical continuation Rated 1930Solve puzzle → AdvantageIntermediate Nimzo-Larsen Attack English Variation Advantage Puzzle — White to Move | #0QACU White to move · Rating 1405 Goal: Find the best tactical continuation Rated 1405Solve puzzle → MateIntermediate French Defense Tarrasch Variation Mate Puzzle — White to Move | #0QXJ8 White to move · Rating 1168 Goal: Find the best tactical continuation Rated 1168Solve puzzle → Kingside AttackBeginner French Defense Exchange Variation Kingside Attack Puzzle — Black to Move | #0QTPA Black to move · Rating 916 Goal: Find the best tactical continuation Rated 916Solve puzzle → MateIntermediate French Defense Normal Variation Mate Puzzle — White to Move | #0QTZL White to move · Rating 1266 Goal: Find the best tactical continuation Rated 1266Solve puzzle → AdvantageIntermediate Zukertort Opening Black Mustang Defense Advantage Puzzle — Black to Move | #0QTFA Black to move · Rating 1131 Goal: Find the best tactical continuation Rated 1131Solve puzzle → AttractionBeginner Owen Defense Other variations Attraction Puzzle — Black to Move | #0QTAY Black to move · Rating 1036 Goal: Find the best tactical continuation Rated 1036Solve puzzle → AdvantageBeginner Sicilian Defense Prins Variation Advantage Puzzle — Black to Move | #0QTUB Black to move · Rating 995 Goal: Find the best tactical continuation Rated 995Solve puzzle → MateIntermediate Gunderam Defense Other variations Mate Puzzle — White to Move | #0QSAI White to move · Rating 1217 Goal: Find the best tactical continuation Rated 1217Solve puzzle → Kingside AttackIntermediate Sicilian Defense Closed Kingside Attack Puzzle — White to Move | #0QROX White to move · Rating 1128 Goal: Find the best tactical continuation Rated 1128Solve puzzle → Kingside AttackIntermediate Queens Gambit Declined Ragozin Defense Kingside Attack Puzzle — Black to Move | #0QRRP Black to move · Rating 1374 Goal: Find the best tactical continuation Rated 1374Solve puzzle → MateIntermediate Scandinavian Defense Main Line Mate Puzzle — White to Move | #0QR0L White to move · Rating 1150 Goal: Find the best tactical continuation Rated 1150Solve puzzle → ClearanceAdvanced Four Knights Game Scotch Variation Clearance Puzzle — White to Move | #0QPRU White to move · Rating 1831 Goal: Find the best tactical continuation Rated 1831Solve puzzle →