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Chess960 puzzles: Promotion

The pawn reaches the last rank and becomes a queen — decisively.

Promotion turns a pawn on the last rank into a queen and rewrites the evaluation on the spot. In tactics the passer rarely walks in for free — usually a sacrifice clears its path. Count the tempi: how many moves does the pawn need, and can the defender stop it in time? And watch the promotion square itself — it must be out of enemy reach or won by force in your combination.

318 puzzles

Attack on the uncastled king: pawn to h8
Shuffle Rating 780
Attack on the uncastled king: pawn to b8
Shuffle Rating 780
Win the hanging king on c6
Shuffle Rating 842
Winning blow: pawn to c7 (d6)
Shuffle Rating 920
Winning blow: pawn to c7 (d6·2)
Shuffle Rating 920
Winning blow: pawn to g7
Shuffle Rating 920
Winning blow: queen to h2 (h7)
Shuffle Rating 920
Winning blow: pawn to b7 (a6)
Shuffle Rating 920
Winning blow: pawn to g7 (f6)
Shuffle Rating 920
Winning blow: king to f3 (e2)
Shuffle Rating 920
Winning blow: rook to g7 (g2)
Shuffle Rating 920
Attack on the uncastled king: pawn to c3 (b2·22)
Shuffle Rating 920
Attack on the uncastled king: pawn to b7 (a6·3)
Shuffle Rating 920
Winning blow: pawn to f7
Shuffle Rating 920
Winning blow: pawn to h5 (g4)
Shuffle Rating 920
Winning blow: pawn to h7 (g6·2)
Shuffle Rating 920
Winning blow: pawn to b7 (b6)
Shuffle Rating 920
Attack on the uncastled king: bishop to d8 (a5·6)
Shuffle Rating 920
Attack on the uncastled king: pawn to e4 (f3·31)
Shuffle Rating 920
Winning blow: rook to e7 (e1·2)
Shuffle Rating 920
Winning blow: pawn to d8 (d7)
Shuffle Rating 920
Winning blow: knight to d6 (f5·5)
Shuffle Rating 920
Winning blow: rook to d7 (d1·6)
Shuffle Rating 920
Winning blow: pawn to g7 (g6)
Shuffle Rating 920

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