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

Skewer: rook to d8 (h8)

Shuffle Rating 900

Mate in 1: knight to e7 (d5)

Shuffle Rating 900

Mate in 2: rook to h6 (h4)

Shuffle Rating 900

Mate in 1: rook to g7

Shuffle Rating 901

Discovered attack: bishop to g5

Shuffle Rating 902

Mate in 2: queen to h7 (h5·2)

Shuffle Rating 902

Fork: queen to f3

Shuffle Rating 902

Mate in 2: rook to h8 (h7·2)

Shuffle Rating 903

Back-rank mate in 2 on b8

Shuffle Rating 903

Mate in 3: rook to c8

Shuffle Rating 904

Mate in 1: queen to h2 (h4·2)

Shuffle Rating 904

Discovered attack: bishop to h7 (d3)

Shuffle Rating 904

Skewer: bishop to h4

Shuffle Rating 904

Mate in 1: queen to a8 (d5)

Shuffle Rating 905

Mate in 2: queen to c8 (g4)

Shuffle Rating 905

Fork: knight to c6 (e7)

Shuffle Rating 905

Mate in 2: rook to e7

Shuffle Rating 906

Mate in 1: queen to g2 (c6·7)

Shuffle Rating 906

Win the hanging rook on c7

Shuffle Rating 906

Mate in 1: queen to h7 (h6·4)

Shuffle Rating 907

Mate in 1: queen to h7 (h5·4)

Shuffle Rating 907

Fork: knight to e5 (f3)

Shuffle Rating 907

Skewer: rook to h7

Shuffle Rating 907

Mate in 1: bishop to f3

Shuffle Rating 908