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Middlegame puzzles come from the phase where most pieces are still on the board and plans collide. They cover the widest range of motifs, since attacks against the king, exploitation of weak squares, and simple material-winning tactics all live here.
Start with the forcing moves — checks, captures, and threats — before considering anything positional. In the middlegame the number of pieces means a tactic is more often available than not.
This trainer draws on 5,085 puzzles tagged with the middlegame tactics theme, rated from 399 to 3125 with a median of 1553. 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.
Middlegame puzzles come from the phase where most pieces are still on the board and plans collide. They cover the widest range of motifs, since attacks against the king, exploitation of weak squares, and simple material-winning tactics all live here.
There are 5,085 puzzles carrying this theme, with difficulty ratings from 399 to 3125. The median puzzle is rated 1553, which sits in the intermediate range.
Start with the forcing moves — checks, captures, and threats — before considering anything positional. In the middlegame the number of pieces means a tactic is more often available than not.
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.