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 queen to h6 (f8)

Shuffle Rating 2420 · Saving a piece

Rescue the queen to g5

Shuffle Rating 2454 · Saving a piece

Rescue the queen to d4

Shuffle Rating 2462 · Saving a piece

Win the hanging king on h7 (g8·3)

Shuffle Rating 2473 · Hanging piece

Rescue the pawn to e3

Shuffle Rating 2486 · Saving a piece

Win the hanging bishop on f8

Shuffle Rating 2487 · Hanging piece

Win the hanging king on f2

Shuffle Rating 2493 · Hanging piece

Rescue the rook to d1

Shuffle Rating 2496 · Saving a piece

Win the hanging queen on d3

Shuffle Rating 2510 · Hanging piece

Rescue the king to h3

Shuffle Rating 2537 · Saving a piece

Win the hanging king on c2

Shuffle Rating 2547 · Hanging piece

Rescue the rook to d5 (d1)

Shuffle Rating 2553 · Saving a piece

Rescue the rook to d1 (d8)

Shuffle Rating 2559 · Saving a piece

Rescue the rook to e3

Shuffle Rating 2560 · Saving a piece

Rescue the rook to f6

Shuffle Rating 2564 · Saving a piece

Win the hanging queen on b8

Shuffle Rating 2567 · Hanging piece

Rescue the pawn to c5

Shuffle Rating 2577 · Saving a piece

Rescue the king to f4

Shuffle Rating 2578 · Saving a piece

Rescue the knight to e5 (g6)

Shuffle Rating 2583 · Saving a piece

Fork: knight to f5 (e3·3)

Shuffle Rating 2586 · Fork

Win the hanging queen on c7

Shuffle Rating 2596 · Hanging piece