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Chess960 puzzles: Quiet move

No check, no capture — yet this modest move decides the game.

2492 puzzles

Winning blow: knight to f5 (e3·25)
Shuffle Rating 1980 · Chess960 specifics
Attack on the uncastled king: knight to g5 (e4·5)
Shuffle Rating 1980 · Chess960 specifics
Winning blow: queen to d6 (f8·6)
Shuffle Rating 1980 · Chess960 specifics
Winning blow: rook to b4 (f4)
Shuffle Rating 1980 · Chess960 specifics
Skewer: queen to f6
Shuffle Rating 1983 · Skewer
Discovered attack: rook to g3 (c3)
Shuffle Rating 1984 · Discovered attack
Trap the bishop on e8 (d7)
Shuffle Rating 1986 · Trapped piece
Pin: queen to f6 (f3)
Shuffle Rating 1988 · Pin
Fork: bishop to g5 (f4)
Shuffle Rating 1989 · Fork
Pin: rook to f7
Shuffle Rating 1993 · Pin
Trap the knight on b7
Shuffle Rating 1999 · Trapped piece
Trap the king on d7
Shuffle Rating 2005 · Trapped piece
Skewer: rook to e8 (f8)
Shuffle Rating 2008 · Skewer
Rescue the rook to a8
Shuffle Rating 2015 · Saving a piece
Fork: queen to h7
Shuffle Rating 2018 · Fork
Pin: queen to f5
Shuffle Rating 2029 · Pin
Fork: knight to a2
Shuffle Rating 2032 · Fork
Pin: queen to g5 (e3)
Shuffle Rating 2036 · Pin
Fork: queen to f2 (b6)
Shuffle Rating 2037 · Fork
Deflection: pawn to e6
Shuffle Rating 2037 · Deflection
Rescue the pawn to a7
Shuffle Rating 2043 · Saving a piece
Rescue the king to g6
Shuffle Rating 2046 · Saving a piece
Fork: knight to d6 (f5)
Shuffle Rating 2050 · Fork
Fork: rook to f3 (f8·2)
Shuffle Rating 2050 · Fork

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