Chess960 puzzles: Save the piece
The attacked piece can be saved — with profit.
Saving the piece: one of your pieces is attacked, and the job is not to lose it for nothing. There are several tools: retreat with tempo, defend it, block the attack, or create a bigger counter-threat. Before retreating automatically, look for a retreat that attacks something — you save the piece and gain time in one move. The typical mistake is panicking onto the first available square, where the piece gets trapped again.
128 puzzles
Fork: queen to e1 (e4)
Win the hanging king on a7
Rescue the rook to c8
Fork: queen to d8 (d1)
Rescue the knight to e5
Win the hanging king on g2
Win the hanging king on f3
Rescue the bishop to g4
Pin: knight to f6 (d5)
Win the hanging king on d4
Rescue the pawn to b3
Rescue the king to b6
Rescue the bishop to f2
Rescue the queen to h6
Rescue the king to h6
Rescue the king to d1
Pin: king to h6
Win the hanging rook on e8
Fork: queen to c7
Pin: king to f7
Win the hanging rook on f3
Rescue the rook to b2
Pin: king to f3
Rescue the king to d7