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Chess Middle Games - Puzzles

Sharpen your tactical eye with puzzles from real games.

Tactical puzzles You'll never be a good player if you overlook checkmate in two moves or simple wins of material. Click on a Puzzle set for seven puzzles of the type and difficulty indicated. Solutions are with each puzzle set. Type Level Puzzle sets Basic tactics Easy 01  02   Intermediate 01  02  03   Difficult 01 Checkmate combinations Easy 01  02  03   Intermediate 01  02  03   Difficult 01 Combinations for material Easy 01  02  03   Intermediate 01  02  03 Combinations for the draw Easy 01 Try to solve all puzzles in a set without looking at the solutions. Then check the solutions. Go back to the puzzles without solutions and make sure you can solve each one. When you can see the solutions to all puzzles, you've mastered that set!