Chess960 puzzles: Saving a piece

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

165 puzzles

Rescue the pawn to f6

Shuffle Rating 1676 · Saving a piece

Rescue the queen to h6

Shuffle Rating 1715 · Saving a piece

Rescue the king to h6

Shuffle Rating 1727 · Saving a piece

Win the hanging rook on f2

Shuffle Rating 1735 · Hanging piece

Rescue the king to d1

Shuffle Rating 1758 · Saving a piece

Pin: king to h6

Shuffle Rating 1777 · Pin

Rescue the king to d8

Shuffle Rating 1781 · Saving a piece

Win the hanging rook on e8

Shuffle Rating 1784 · Hanging piece

Fork: queen to c7

Shuffle Rating 1813 · Fork

Pin: king to f7

Shuffle Rating 1815 · Pin

Win the hanging rook on f3

Shuffle Rating 1822 · Hanging piece

Rescue the rook to b2

Shuffle Rating 1824 · Saving a piece

Pin: king to f3

Shuffle Rating 1827 · Pin

Rescue the king to d7

Shuffle Rating 1836 · Saving a piece

Win the hanging king on h4

Shuffle Rating 1837 · Hanging piece

Rescue the rook to f1

Shuffle Rating 1841 · Saving a piece

Rescue the knight to e5 (f3)

Shuffle Rating 1845 · Saving a piece

Rescue the queen to f6

Shuffle Rating 1846 · Saving a piece

Pin: rook to h7

Shuffle Rating 1846 · Discovered attack

Rescue the queen to c2

Shuffle Rating 1852 · Saving a piece

Rescue the pawn to h5

Shuffle Rating 1852 · Saving a piece

Win the hanging queen on b6

Shuffle Rating 1857 · Hanging piece

Rescue the king to b1

Shuffle Rating 1863 · Saving a piece

Fork: king to f7

Shuffle Rating 1877 · Fork