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.
418 puzzles
Rescue the pawn to f6
Rescue the rook to a7 (a6)
Rescue the pawn to g5
Rescue the rook to f4
Rescue the bishop to f4
Rescue the queen to e5
Rescue the pawn to b4
Rescue the queen to a3
Rescue the king to d7
Rescue the queen to f6 (f3)
Rescue the king to e5 (e6)
Rescue the rook to d8
Rescue the king to f3 (g3)
Rescue the rook to f2
Pin: queen to g5
Rescue the king to b7 (a6)
Rescue the king to b3
Rescue the queen to h6 (h3)
Rescue the king to b7
Rescue the queen to f4
Rescue the king to g2
Rescue the rook to b5
Rescue the queen to h5
Rescue the king to h6 (g7)