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 knight to b5

Shuffle Rating 2277 · Saving a piece

Rescue the knight to f7 (g5)

Shuffle Rating 2278 · Saving a piece

Win the hanging knight on a8

Shuffle Rating 2289 · Hanging piece

Win the hanging queen on e6

Shuffle Rating 2292 · Hanging piece

Rescue the pawn to b5

Shuffle Rating 2293 · Saving a piece

Rescue the rook to e5

Shuffle Rating 2296 · Saving a piece

Double attack: pawn to f6

Shuffle Rating 2301 · Double attack

Win the hanging rook on h5

Shuffle Rating 2303 · Hanging piece

Rescue the king to g3

Shuffle Rating 2311 · Saving a piece

Rescue the pawn to g5

Shuffle Rating 2313 · Saving a piece

Rescue the pawn to f3

Shuffle Rating 2315 · Saving a piece

Rescue the knight to d4

Shuffle Rating 2318 · Saving a piece

Win the hanging king on d2 (e2)

Shuffle Rating 2319 · Hanging piece

Rescue the pawn to g4

Shuffle Rating 2336 · Saving a piece

Rescue the king to h2

Shuffle Rating 2339 · Saving a piece

Fork: king to f3

Shuffle Rating 2350 · Discovered attack

Rescue the king to f3

Shuffle Rating 2356 · Saving a piece

Rescue the pawn to b6 (a7)

Shuffle Rating 2360 · Saving a piece

Rescue the king to f8

Shuffle Rating 2366 · Saving a piece

Rescue the pawn to b6 (b5)

Shuffle Rating 2372 · Saving a piece

Fork: queen to e2 (e5)

Shuffle Rating 2375 · Fork

Pin: pawn to h6 (h5)

Shuffle Rating 2392 · Pin

Rescue the king to d8 (e7)

Shuffle Rating 2397 · Saving a piece

Rescue the bishop to e8

Shuffle Rating 2404 · Saving a piece