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A hanging piece is one that is undefended and can simply be taken. These puzzles train the most basic and most frequently missed skill in chess: noticing what is actually undefended before calculating anything more complicated.
Before every move, check which enemy pieces have no defender. Most material at club level is lost to pieces that were hanging for several moves while both players calculated elsewhere.
This trainer draws on 447 puzzles tagged with the hanging piece theme, rated from 399 to 2798 with a median of 1442. Every position comes from a real game in the Lichess open puzzle database, so the tactics are ones that actually occurred over the board rather than composed studies.
A hanging piece is one that is undefended and can simply be taken. These puzzles train the most basic and most frequently missed skill in chess: noticing what is actually undefended before calculating anything more complicated.
There are 447 puzzles carrying this theme, with difficulty ratings from 399 to 2798. The median puzzle is rated 1442, which sits in the intermediate range.
Before every move, check which enemy pieces have no defender. Most material at club level is lost to pieces that were hanging for several moves while both players calculated elsewhere.
Yes. Every puzzle is free and unlimited, with no account required. The puzzles come from the Lichess open puzzle database, which is released into the public domain.