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Chess960 puzzles: Remove the defender

Capture the guard first — then take what it protected.

Removing the defender is the straightforward plan: capture the guard first, then take what it guarded. Unlike deflection, the defender is not lured away — it is traded off or destroyed on the spot. Stare at the target you crave and ask who defends it, and whether that defender can be profitably eaten. Count the whole capture sequence, not just the first move — the trade must pay off at the end.

835 puzzles

Discovered attack: knight to f6
Shuffle Rating 795
Fork: queen to d4
Shuffle Rating 845
Win the hanging rook on c7
Shuffle Rating 906
Attack on the uncastled king: queen to b7 (h1·7)
Shuffle Rating 920
Attack on the uncastled king: bishop to c6 (h1·6)
Shuffle Rating 920
Attack on the uncastled king: queen to b7 (h1·8)
Shuffle Rating 920
Attack on the uncastled king: queen to g7 (a1·5)
Shuffle Rating 920
Winning blow: queen to h6 (h3·2)
Shuffle Rating 920
Winning blow: bishop to e3 (g1·2)
Shuffle Rating 920
Attack on the uncastled king: queen to b2 (a1·5)
Shuffle Rating 920
Attack on the uncastled king: knight to c7 (b5·11)
Shuffle Rating 920
Winning blow: knight to f4 (e2)
Shuffle Rating 920
Winning blow: pawn to d6 (c5·3)
Shuffle Rating 920
Attack on the uncastled king: bishop to f6 (a1·19)
Shuffle Rating 920
Attack on the uncastled king: knight to d4 (f3·10)
Shuffle Rating 920
Winning blow: rook to e7
Shuffle Rating 920
Attack on the uncastled king: pawn to a5 (b4·18)
Shuffle Rating 920
Attack on the uncastled king: knight to f7 (e5·18)
Shuffle Rating 920
Winning blow: bishop to f2 (g1)
Shuffle Rating 920
Attack on the uncastled king: bishop to g6 (e4·3)
Shuffle Rating 920
Winning blow: queen to c4 (g8)
Shuffle Rating 920
Attack on the uncastled king: pawn to e5 (f4·84)
Shuffle Rating 920
Winning blow: knight to f5 (e7)
Shuffle Rating 920
Winning blow: queen to a6 (a7)
Shuffle Rating 920

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