Chess960 puzzles: Castling-960
Castling 960: the strongest move is to castle — drag the king onto its rook.
Frequent types in this theme
Castling to safety
One move — castling — whisks the king out of mortal danger.
Winning blow
Find the strike that wins material by force.
960 castling C-side
Chess960 castling to the C-side — the king lands on c1 wherever it started.
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.Mate: a forcing sequence that ends the game — the king has no escape.Mate in 4: a forced checkmate in four moves — every reply is covered.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.
233 puzzles
Castling-960 to the rescue on g1
Castling-960 to the rescue on c8
Castling-960 to the rescue on c1
Castling-960 to the rescue on h8
Castling-960 to the rescue on c1 (d1)
Castling-960 to the rescue on h8 (f8)
Castling-960 to the rescue on g1 (f1)
Castling-960 to the rescue on g1 (f1·2)
Castling-960 to the rescue on g1 (f1·3)
Castling-960 to the rescue on a8
Castling-960 to the rescue on h1
Castling-960 to the rescue on b1
Castling-960 to the rescue on h8 (f8·2)
Castling-960 to the rescue on a1
Castling-960 to the rescue on c1 (d1·2)
Castling-960 to the rescue on a1 (b1)
Castling-960 to the rescue on b1 (d1)
Castling-960 to the rescue on a1 (c1)
Castling-960 to the rescue on a8 (d8)
Castling-960 to the rescue on h8 (f8·3)
Castling-960 to the rescue on b8
Castling-960 to the rescue on a8 (d8·2)
Castling-960 to the rescue on g1 (f1·4)
Castling-960 to the rescue on a1 (d1)