Chess960 puzzles: Discovered attack

Discovered attack: one piece steps aside, unleashing another's attack.

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.

290 puzzles

Discovered attack: bishop to a5

Shuffle Rating 992

Discovered attack: bishop to h2 (d6·5)

Shuffle Rating 992

Discovered attack: bishop to f3

Shuffle Rating 1000

Discovered attack: knight to f6 (e4)

Shuffle Rating 1003

Discovered attack: bishop to h2 (d6·6)

Shuffle Rating 1023

Discovered attack: bishop to h7 (d3·3)

Shuffle Rating 1030

Fork: knight to f6 (e4)

Shuffle Rating 1039

Discovered attack: bishop to f2 (c5)

Shuffle Rating 1039

Discovered attack: pawn to d4

Shuffle Rating 1052

Discovered attack: bishop to h7 (d3·4)

Shuffle Rating 1054

Discovered attack: knight to f6 (d5)

Shuffle Rating 1055

Back-rank mate in 2 on d2

Shuffle Rating 1058

Discovered attack: bishop to h2 (d6·7)

Shuffle Rating 1067

Discovered attack: pawn to c4

Shuffle Rating 1069

Discovered attack: knight to f6 (e4·2)

Shuffle Rating 1071

Discovered attack: queen to c8

Shuffle Rating 1074

Discovered attack: queen to e1

Shuffle Rating 1079

Discovered attack: pawn to c3

Shuffle Rating 1082

Mate in 2: discovered attack on e2

Shuffle Rating 1085

Discovered attack: rook to d8

Shuffle Rating 1087

Discovered attack: knight to f4 (d3)

Shuffle Rating 1091

Discovered attack: queen to e8

Shuffle Rating 1099

Discovered attack: bishop to c5

Shuffle Rating 1099

Fork: pawn to g7

Shuffle Rating 1102