Chess960 puzzles: Deflection: force the defender to abandon its post.

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All themes Mate 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.

218 puzzles

Mate in 2: deflection on g5

Back-rank mate in 2 on e2

Skewer: rook to b8

Skewer: rook to d8

Mate in 2: deflection on g5 (g4)

Skewer: rook to h7

Deflection: knight to c7

Mate in 2: deflection on g5 (g4·2)

Mate in 2: deflection on h6

Deflection: bishop to d3

Mate in 3: deflection on e8

Mate in 2: deflection on d4

Mate in 2: deflection on h7

Mate in 2: deflection on b4

Skewer: rook to b8 (b5)

Deflection: rook to g1

Mate in 2: deflection on g4

Back-rank mate in 3 on d8

Mate in 2: deflection on e2

Skewer: rook to h6 (h8)

Fork: bishop to f2

Back-rank mate in 2 on d2

Deflection: pawn to f2

Deflection: rook to e8