Chess960 puzzles: Saving a piece

Save the piece: one of your pieces is attacked — find the best way to rescue it.

Frequent types in this theme

Save the piece

The attacked piece can be saved — with profit.

Winning blow

Find the strike that wins material by force.

Only move

Everything else loses — find the only move that holds.

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.

165 puzzles

Fork: queen to e1 (e4)

Shuffle Rating 995 · Fork

Win the hanging king on a7

Shuffle Rating 1126 · Hanging piece

Deflection: pawn to c2

Shuffle Rating 1187 · Deflection

Rescue the rook to c8

Shuffle Rating 1296 · Saving a piece

Fork: queen to d8 (d1)

Shuffle Rating 1307 · Fork

Win the hanging bishop on h4

Shuffle Rating 1337 · Hanging piece

Rescue the king to a6

Shuffle Rating 1397 · Saving a piece

Mate in 2: king to g1

Shuffle Rating 1412 · Mate in 2

Mate in 2: king to a6

Shuffle Rating 1424 · Mate in 2

Rescue the knight to e5

Shuffle Rating 1433 · Saving a piece

Rescue the king to b3

Shuffle Rating 1436 · Saving a piece

Win the hanging king on g2

Shuffle Rating 1455 · Hanging piece

Fork: king to h2

Shuffle Rating 1461 · Fork

Deflection: pawn to e2

Shuffle Rating 1471 · Deflection

Win the hanging king on f3

Shuffle Rating 1475 · Hanging piece

Rescue the pawn to e4

Shuffle Rating 1504 · Saving a piece

Rescue the bishop to g4

Shuffle Rating 1509 · Saving a piece

Pin: knight to f6 (d5)

Shuffle Rating 1530 · Pin

Win the hanging king on d4

Shuffle Rating 1532 · Hanging piece

Rescue the bishop to e3

Shuffle Rating 1581 · Saving a piece

Rescue the pawn to b3

Shuffle Rating 1608 · Saving a piece

Win the hanging king on d6 (c7)

Shuffle Rating 1636 · Hanging piece

Rescue the king to b6

Shuffle Rating 1649 · Saving a piece

Rescue the bishop to f2

Shuffle Rating 1653 · Saving a piece