Chess960 puzzles: Deflection

Deflection: force the defender to abandon its post.

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.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.

218 puzzles

Mate in 2: deflection on g3

Shuffle Rating 1075

Deflection: bishop to g2

Shuffle Rating 1080

Back-rank mate in 3 on a8 (a7)

Shuffle Rating 1086

Mate in 2: deflection on g6

Shuffle Rating 1091

Pin: rook to a5

Shuffle Rating 1094

Deflection: queen to c8

Shuffle Rating 1095

Discovered attack: queen to e8

Shuffle Rating 1099

Fork: queen to g5 (e3)

Shuffle Rating 1105

Deflection: rook to f1

Shuffle Rating 1107

Deflection: rook to e8 (e1)

Shuffle Rating 1111

Mate in 2: deflection on h1

Shuffle Rating 1116

Fork: queen to g6

Shuffle Rating 1123

Mate in 2: deflection on f2

Shuffle Rating 1124

Deflection: queen to g6

Shuffle Rating 1124

Mate in 2: deflection on g4 (g2)

Shuffle Rating 1129

Deflection: knight to g6

Shuffle Rating 1130

Deflection: knight to f1

Shuffle Rating 1132

Back-rank mate in 3 on d1

Shuffle Rating 1134

Mate in 3: deflection on e8 (e1)

Shuffle Rating 1136

Deflection: rook to h6

Shuffle Rating 1138

Deflection: rook to e7

Shuffle Rating 1139

Mate in 2: deflection on g6 (g3)

Shuffle Rating 1141

Back-rank mate in 3 on e8

Shuffle Rating 1161

Deflection: rook to c5

Shuffle Rating 1165