Chess960 puzzles

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All themes Mate in 1: find the move after which the enemy king has no escape.Mate in 2: the first move creates an unstoppable threat, the second delivers mate.Mate in 3: a forced sequence that ends in checkmate.Fork: one piece attacks two targets at once — they can't both be saved.Pin: a piece can't move without exposing something more valuable behind it.Skewer: a valuable piece is forced to move, exposing the one behind it.Discovered attack: one piece steps aside, unleashing another's attack.Double attack: one move creates two threats at once.Deflection: force the defender to abandon its post.Hanging piece: your opponent left a piece undefended — take it.Back rank: the king is trapped behind its own pawns — use that.Trapped piece: an enemy piece has no safe squares — catch it.Save the piece: one of your pieces is attacked — find the best way to rescue it.Winning tactic: there is a move that gains a decisive advantage — find it.Mate: a forcing sequence that ends the game — the king has no escape.Mate in 4: a forced checkmate in four moves — every reply is covered.Castling 960: the strongest move is to castle — drag the king onto its rook.Uncastled king: the enemy king is stuck in the centre — punish it before it castles.A piece strikes across the board from its Chess960 starting square.An opening trap from this Chess960 starting position.A fork made possible by the Chess960 piece placement.Chess960 twist: use the unusual starting setup of the pieces.

30096 puzzles

Deflection: pawn to b7

Shuffle Rating 1831

Mate in 3: queen to c7 (d6)

Shuffle Rating 1832

Discovered attack: knight to e5 (f3)

Shuffle Rating 1833

Mate in 2: queen to e8 (f7·8)

Shuffle Rating 1833

Mate in 2: queen to f4 (e5)

Shuffle Rating 1834

Fork: queen to f1 (b5)

Shuffle Rating 1834

Mate in 3: queen to a6 (a4)

Shuffle Rating 1834

Discovered attack: rook to g7 (c7)

Shuffle Rating 1835

Mate in 2: pawn to h7 (h6·2)

Shuffle Rating 1835

Mate in 2: rook to f5 (f3)

Shuffle Rating 1836

Mate in 1: knight to h2 (g4)

Shuffle Rating 1836

Mate in 2: knight to h3 (g5·3)

Shuffle Rating 1836

Rescue the king to d7

Shuffle Rating 1836

Win the hanging pawn on e5

Shuffle Rating 1837

Mate in 2: bishop to f1 (a6)

Shuffle Rating 1837

Win the hanging king on h4

Shuffle Rating 1837

Fork: rook to d2

Shuffle Rating 1837

Mate in 3: bishop to g7

Shuffle Rating 1837

Fork: rook to e1 (g1)

Shuffle Rating 1838

Mate in 1: pin on h7

Shuffle Rating 1838

Pin: rook to f4

Shuffle Rating 1838

Discovered attack: pawn to f6

Shuffle Rating 1838

Mate in 2: rook to f8 (f1·14)

Shuffle Rating 1838

Skewer: rook to d2 (g2)

Shuffle Rating 1839