Chess960 puzzles: Save the piece: one of your pieces is attacked — find the best way to rescue it.
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All themesMate in 1: find the move after which the enemy king has no escape.Mate in 2: the first move creates an unstoppable threat, the second delivers mate.Mate in 3: a forced sequence that ends in checkmate.Fork: one piece attacks two targets at once — they can't both be saved.Pin: a piece can't move without exposing something more valuable behind it.Skewer: a valuable piece is forced to move, exposing the one behind it.Discovered attack: one piece steps aside, unleashing another's attack.Double attack: one move creates two threats at once.Deflection: force the defender to abandon its post.Hanging piece: your opponent left a piece undefended — take it.Back rank: the king is trapped behind its own pawns — use that.Trapped piece: an enemy piece has no safe squares — catch it.Save the piece: one of your pieces is attacked — find the best way to rescue it.Winning tactic: there is a move that gains a decisive advantage — find it.Castling 960: the strongest move is to castle — drag the king onto its rook.Uncastled king: the enemy king is stuck in the centre — punish it before it castles.A piece strikes across the board from its Chess960 starting square.An opening trap from this Chess960 starting position.A fork made possible by the Chess960 piece placement.Chess960 twist: use the unusual starting setup of the pieces.
428 puzzles
Rescue the knight to c6
Discovered attack: king to g6
Rescue the king to b4
Win the hanging king on c3
Win the hanging pawn on f4
Rescue the king to a3 (b2)
Rescue the pawn to h5
Rescue the rook to d3 (c3)
Rescue the rook to f2 (a2)
Rescue the rook to c8
Rescue the rook to f7
Fork: queen to d8 (d1)
Rescue the rook to f8
Rescue the king to c4 (b5)
Win the hanging bishop on h4 (f2)
Rescue the pawn to g6 (h7)
Rescue the queen to f6
Rescue the rook to b3
Rescue the king to h5
Rescue the king to a5
Rescue the king to f4
Rescue the king to e1
Fork: bishop to g4 (f3)
Win the hanging pawn on d4