Chess960 puzzles: Hanging piece

Hanging piece: your opponent left a piece undefended — take it.

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.

193 puzzles

Mate in 1: queen to f8

Shuffle Rating 620

Mate in 1: queen to h8

Shuffle Rating 636

Back-rank mate in 2 on a8

Shuffle Rating 651

Mate in 2: queen to d8

Shuffle Rating 652

Mate in 1: knight to f7

Shuffle Rating 658

Mate in 2: queen to d1 (g4)

Shuffle Rating 659

Mate in 1: knight to f7 (h6)

Shuffle Rating 665

Mate in 1: queen to e1 (c3)

Shuffle Rating 676

Mate in 1: rook to e1 (a1)

Shuffle Rating 677

Mate in 2: queen to e1 (h4)

Shuffle Rating 684

Mate in 1: queen to f8 (c5)

Shuffle Rating 685

Mate in 1: queen to a8 (f3)

Shuffle Rating 687

Mate in 1: rook to e8 (e1·3)

Shuffle Rating 687

Mate in 1: queen to e1 (e4·2)

Shuffle Rating 699

Mate in 1: queen to e3

Shuffle Rating 710

Mate in 1: queen to e1 (a5)

Shuffle Rating 722

Mate in 2: queen to c1 (f4)

Shuffle Rating 724

Mate in 1: queen to d8 (g5)

Shuffle Rating 733

Mate in 1: queen to f1 (h3)

Shuffle Rating 735

Mate in 1: queen to d8 (d5)

Shuffle Rating 738

Back-rank mate in 2 on b1 (f5)

Shuffle Rating 758

Mate in 2: rook to d5

Shuffle Rating 774

Mate in 2: rook to c8

Shuffle Rating 814

Back-rank mate in 1 on e1 (h4)

Shuffle Rating 820