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.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

Mate in 1: queen to g2 (a8)

Shuffle Rating 833

Mate in 1: rook to d8 (d1)

Shuffle Rating 833

Skewer: rook to d1

Shuffle Rating 833

Back-rank mate in 3 on f2 (b6·2)

Shuffle Rating 833

Mate in 1: queen to g2 (g6·3)

Shuffle Rating 834

Mate in 1: queen to g2 (g5·5)

Shuffle Rating 834

Mate in 1: rook to e8 (e1·5)

Shuffle Rating 835

Mate in 2: queen to g4

Shuffle Rating 835

Back-rank mate in 2 on e2

Shuffle Rating 835

Mate in 1: rook to f8 (f5)

Shuffle Rating 835

Skewer: rook to a7

Shuffle Rating 836

Mate in 2: rook to a1 (a8)

Shuffle Rating 836

Mate in 1: knight to f2 (e4·2)

Shuffle Rating 836

Back-rank mate in 2 on c1 (c8)

Shuffle Rating 836

Fork: knight to e7 (c6·3)

Shuffle Rating 836

Discovered attack: bishop to f7 (d5)

Shuffle Rating 836

Mate in 1: queen to a8 (e4·2)

Shuffle Rating 837

Mate in 1: queen to g1

Shuffle Rating 837

Mate in 1: knight to c5

Shuffle Rating 838

Mate in 2: queen to b1 (g6)

Shuffle Rating 838

Skewer: rook to a3 (a4)

Shuffle Rating 838

Fork: bishop to d6

Shuffle Rating 839

Mate in 1: rook to d2

Shuffle Rating 839

Mate in 2: queen to f7 (f3)

Shuffle Rating 840