Chess960 puzzles: Trapped piece
The attacked piece has no safe square — it is caught.
Trapping a piece means the attacked piece has no safe square left — it simply perishes. Do not chase it around; build a cage instead: cut off the escape squares with pawns and pieces first, and attack last. The typical victim has wandered deep into your camp or is stuck at the edge of the board, where its mobility is tiny. And always check the way home for your own raiders — or the trapped piece will be yours.
226 puzzles
Winning blow: pawn to f6 (g5·3)
Winning blow: queen to b7 (b5)
Attack on the uncastled king: pawn to c5 (b4·32)
Attack on the uncastled king: pawn to c4 (d3·33)
Attack on the uncastled king: queen to b7 (h1·9)
Attack on the uncastled king: bishop to c6 (h1·8)
Attack on the uncastled king: pawn to g3 (h2·27)
Attack on the uncastled king: pawn to b5 (c4·30)
Winning blow: rook to d1 (a1)
Winning blow: pawn to b5 (a4·2)
Winning blow: pawn to d4 (c3·4)
Attack on the uncastled king: queen to b7 (h1·10)
Winning blow: bishop to g2 (h1)
Winning blow: bishop to d5 (b3)
Winning blow: king to d1 (c1·2)
Attack on the uncastled king: bishop to f6 (g5·2)
Winning blow: knight to d5 (c3·4)
Winning blow: bishop to h2
Winning blow: rook to f7 (g7)
Attack on the uncastled king: bishop to b6 (g1·7)
Attack on the uncastled king: rook to a1 (b1·3)
Winning blow: bishop to a4 (c2)
Winning blow: queen to b8 (h2)
Winning blow: pawn to d5 (e4·12)
Tactics
BatteryCheck chaseClearanceDecoyDeflectionDiscovered attackDiscovered checkDouble checkWinning exchangeBishop forkKnight forkPawn forkQueen forkRook forkRoyal forkHanging pieceInterferenceOverloadAbsolute pinRelative pinWin the pinned piecePromotionQueen trapQuiet moveRemove the defenderSacrifice attackSkewerUnderpromotionWinning blowX-rayZwischenzug