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 2: queen to d1 (h5)

Shuffle Rating 821

Back-rank mate in 1 on c8

Shuffle Rating 826

Mate in 1: queen to f1 (c4)

Shuffle Rating 828

Fork: knight to e7 (c6·3)

Shuffle Rating 836

Mate in 1: rook to d2

Shuffle Rating 839

Skewer: queen to h8

Shuffle Rating 842

Win the hanging king on c6

Shuffle Rating 842

Mate in 1: rook to f8 (f1)

Shuffle Rating 848

Mate in 2: queen to f1

Shuffle Rating 871

Win the hanging rook on c7

Shuffle Rating 906

Mate in 1: rook to d8 (d1·2)

Shuffle Rating 913

Fork: rook to d1 (c1)

Shuffle Rating 921

Mate in 2: rook to e8 (e1·2)

Shuffle Rating 927

Win the hanging knight on e4

Shuffle Rating 932

Mate in 1: queen to f8 (h6)

Shuffle Rating 939

Mate in 2: queen to h1 (f3)

Shuffle Rating 947

Win the hanging knight on e6

Shuffle Rating 951

Mate in 2: knight to f3

Shuffle Rating 952

Back-rank mate in 1 on e8

Shuffle Rating 952

Win the hanging king on f5

Shuffle Rating 955

Mate in 1: knight to e7 (f5)

Shuffle Rating 961

Back-rank mate in 1 on e1 (h4·2)

Shuffle Rating 971

Mate in 1: queen to d1

Shuffle Rating 994

Mate in 1: queen to f8 (d6·3)

Shuffle Rating 1014