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 rook to d4

Shuffle Rating 1881 · Saving a piece

Rescue the pawn to b4

Shuffle Rating 1893 · Saving a piece

Pin: queen to g6

Shuffle Rating 1896 · Pin

Win the hanging knight on c2

Shuffle Rating 1905 · Hanging piece

Win the hanging queen on a8

Shuffle Rating 1906 · Hanging piece

Win the hanging king on g6

Shuffle Rating 1908 · Hanging piece

Rescue the king to f7

Shuffle Rating 1910 · Saving a piece

Rescue the pawn to e1

Shuffle Rating 1923 · Saving a piece

Win the hanging pawn on e4

Shuffle Rating 1923 · Hanging piece

Win the hanging pawn on h5

Shuffle Rating 1926 · Hanging piece

Win the hanging king on h7 (g8)

Shuffle Rating 1929 · Hanging piece

Fork: queen to e4 (e1)

Shuffle Rating 1932 · Fork

Win the hanging rook on d1

Shuffle Rating 1938 · Hanging piece

Rescue the pawn to h2

Shuffle Rating 1939 · Saving a piece

Rescue the king to f5

Shuffle Rating 1943 · Saving a piece

Rescue the knight to d5

Shuffle Rating 1945 · Saving a piece

Rescue the queen to f5

Shuffle Rating 1947 · Saving a piece

Win the hanging rook on d8

Shuffle Rating 1948 · Hanging piece

Rescue the bishop to b6

Shuffle Rating 1954 · Saving a piece

Deflection: king to d2

Shuffle Rating 1956 · Deflection

Rescue the pawn to d5

Shuffle Rating 1963 · Saving a piece

Rescue the king to h1

Shuffle Rating 1965 · Saving a piece

Fork: bishop to b3

Shuffle Rating 1971 · Fork

Rescue the rook to f2

Shuffle Rating 1976 · Saving a piece