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Chess960 puzzles: Decoy

A sacrifice lures the king or a piece onto a fatal square.

A decoy is the mirror image of deflection: you sacrifice to drag the king or a piece onto a fatal square. The classic is a queen or rook sac whose capture pulls the king into a knight fork, a discovered check or mate. Find the square where the target will be hit, then find the offer it cannot refuse. Calculate to the very end — a decoy only works when the follow-up is forced.

312 puzzles

Winning blow: knight to d6
Shuffle Rating 920
Winning blow: knight to e6 (d4)
Shuffle Rating 920
Attack on the uncastled king: knight to f6 (e4·4)
Shuffle Rating 920
Winning blow: rook to d8 (d1·2)
Shuffle Rating 920
Winning blow: knight to f5 (e7)
Shuffle Rating 920
Winning blow: king to a1 (b2)
Shuffle Rating 920
Winning blow: queen to e5 (e4·2)
Shuffle Rating 920
Winning blow: rook to a7
Shuffle Rating 920
Winning blow: rook to g8 (g3)
Shuffle Rating 920
Attack on the uncastled king: knight to f6 (d5·4)
Shuffle Rating 920
Winning blow: rook to d5 (a5·2)
Shuffle Rating 920
Attack on the uncastled king: bishop to f5 (b1·11)
Shuffle Rating 920
Winning blow: rook to a6
Shuffle Rating 920
Winning blow: knight to f6 (h5·2)
Shuffle Rating 920
Winning blow: rook to h8 (h4)
Shuffle Rating 920
Winning blow: rook to e6 (e5)
Shuffle Rating 920
Winning blow: rook to d7 (g7)
Shuffle Rating 920
Winning blow: rook to f7 (g7·2)
Shuffle Rating 920
Winning blow: rook to c8 (c1·3)
Shuffle Rating 920
Winning blow: rook to b7 (b1)
Shuffle Rating 920
Winning blow: rook to d5 (d1·4)
Shuffle Rating 920
Winning blow: rook to e4 (h4)
Shuffle Rating 920
Winning blow: rook to e7 (e1·3)
Shuffle Rating 920
Winning blow: bishop to d8
Shuffle Rating 920

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