Position 1 · Black to move
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Re8xe1
FEN: 4r1k1/ppP2ppp/2n5/8/5B2/8/P4PPP/3qQ1KR b - - 12 24
Chess Moment · Puzzles
Hanging pieces
An undefended piece is a free piece if you can reach it. Twelve positions that turn entirely on spotting what nobody is guarding.
The lesson behind it: Loose pieces
Position 2 · Black to move
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Qd5xd1
FEN: 8/k1B4p/6p1/3q1pP1/8/8/PP3p2/K2R1B2 b - - 0 46
Position 3 · Black to move
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Rg8xg7
FEN: 1k1r2r1/pp4Rp/8/8/2Qp4/5P1q/PPP2P2/R5K1 b - - 4 23
Position 4 · White to move
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Qe7xf8
FEN: 5r1k/2rbQ1pp/P4p2/3p4/2pq2N1/1pn4P/1RB2PP1/R5K1 w - - 0 31
Position 5 · Black to move
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Qg7xa1 - Opponent
Qd8-d1 - You
Qa1xd1
FEN: 3Q4/5Bqk/p5b1/1pp5/2P5/8/P4PPP/R5K1 b - - 0 31
Position 6 · White to move
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Be3xc5 - Opponent
Re7xe1 - You
Ra1xe1
FEN: 1rbq2k1/p3rppp/2B2pn1/2b5/2P5/P3B2P/1PQ2PP1/R3R1K1 w - - 1 19
Position 7 · White to move
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Rb8xe8 - Opponent
Kh8-g7 - You
c7-c8=Q
FEN: 1R2r2k/2P5/5p2/8/3K4/6p1/8/7q w - - 0 51
Position 8 · White to move
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h2xg3 - Opponent
Rh8xh1 - You
Bg2xh1
FEN: rnbqk2r/ppp2p2/6p1/8/6p1/2N3b1/PPPPP1BP/R1BQK2R w KQkq - 0 10
Position 9 · Black to move
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Nc6xe5 - Opponent
Qd1-h5 - You
Ne5-g6
FEN: r1bqkbnr/pppp2pp/2n5/4N3/2B1P3/2P5/PP3PPP/RNBQK2R b KQkq - 0 7
Position 10 · White to move
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Rg1xg8 - Opponent
Rc7xc3 - You
b2xc3
FEN: 6n1/Qpr1kp1p/3bp3/3p4/8/2B2N1q/PP2KP2/6R1 w - - 1 25
Position 11 · White to move
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Qh5xg6 - Opponent
Nf7-g5 - You
Bh6xg5
FEN: r3r1k1/pbq2np1/1p4nB/3p3Q/1P6/2PB4/2P3PP/5RK1 w - - 0 21
Position 12 · White to move
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Ra1xa4 - Opponent
h4-h3 - You
Ra4-a3
FEN: 8/8/8/5K2/r6p/6k1/8/R7 w - - 2 78
Where these positions come from
Positions come from the Lichess puzzle database, dedicated to the public domain under CC0 1.0. Player names and game links are not retained. https://database.lichess.org/#puzzles