Opening puzzles
Tactics from the first dozen or so moves, before both sides have finished developing. Many of them are well-known traps.
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Black to move. Find the best move.
Black is better in 2 moves. Puzzle rating 1272.
How to spot it
Early tactics usually punish an uncastled king, an undeveloped back rank, or a queen that came out too soon.
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