Chess960 puzzles: Save the piece: one of your pieces is attacked — find the best way to rescue it.
Solve tactics from real Chess960 positions right in your browser.
All themesMate 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.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 queen to g7
Rescue the rook to d5
Rescue the king to f1
Rescue the rook to a8
Rescue the queen to e3
Rescue the king to b6 (c7)
Fork: knight to a2
Rescue the king to d8 (d7)
Rescue the rook to h7
Rescue the pawn to a7
Rescue the king to g6
Win the hanging king on g7 (g8)
Rescue the bishop to b2
Fork: king to h8
Rescue the pawn to h3
Win the hanging bishop on e5
Pin: king to c7
Rescue the rook to e1
Rescue the knight to e7
Rescue the king to e7
Pin: pawn to h7
Win the hanging bishop on a5
Win the hanging bishop on h4 (e7)
Rescue the king to f2