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Chess960 puzzles: Winning exchange

A forced series of captures on one square ends in your favour.

A winning exchange is a forced series of captures on one square that leaves you ahead in material. It is pure arithmetic: count the attackers and defenders of the square and note the value of every piece in the queue. Capture in the right order — cheap pieces first, expensive ones later — or a winning trade turns into a losing one. The classic error is stopping the count halfway and missing the opponent's final recapture.

696 puzzles

Mate in 2: queen to f8
Shuffle Rating 611
Discovered attack: bishop to d4
Shuffle Rating 687
Fork: rook to e8
Shuffle Rating 758
Attack on the uncastled king: knight to e5 (d3·14)
Shuffle Rating 920
Winning blow: pawn to f4 (g3·6)
Shuffle Rating 920
Winning blow: rook to c5 (c1·2)
Shuffle Rating 920
Attack on the uncastled king: knight to d4 (f3·9)
Shuffle Rating 920
Attack on the uncastled king: pawn to c3 (d2·12)
Shuffle Rating 920
Attack on the uncastled king: bishop to g6 (d3·2)
Shuffle Rating 920
Attack on the uncastled king: bishop to e4 (b1·19)
Shuffle Rating 920
Attack on the uncastled king: knight to d7 (c5·9)
Shuffle Rating 920
Winning blow: bishop to f5 (b1)
Shuffle Rating 920
Attack on the uncastled king: knight to d5 (e3·10)
Shuffle Rating 920
Attack on the uncastled king: bishop to f6 (a1·18)
Shuffle Rating 920
Winning blow: bishop to f5 (c2)
Shuffle Rating 920
Attack on the uncastled king: queen to b8 (b2)
Shuffle Rating 920
Attack on the uncastled king: bishop to d5 (b3)
Shuffle Rating 920
Attack on the uncastled king: bishop to d4 (a1·14)
Shuffle Rating 920
Attack on the uncastled king: bishop to c6 (h1·9)
Shuffle Rating 920
Attack on the uncastled king: pawn to d5 (e4·112)
Shuffle Rating 920
Winning blow: queen to f2 (g2)
Shuffle Rating 920
Winning blow: rook to e6 (e3)
Shuffle Rating 920
Winning blow: rook to c7
Shuffle Rating 920
Winning blow: rook to g7
Shuffle Rating 920

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