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.

Puzzles from starting position #458

27 puzzles

Attack on the uncastled king: knight to a5 (b3·2)

Attack on the uncastled king: knight to b4 (d3·5)

Attack on the uncastled king: knight to a5 (b3·7)

Attack on the uncastled king: bishop to c4 (d3·4)

Winning blow: pawn to c5 (d4·3)

Winning blow: king to h3 (g3·2)

Winning blow: queen to g3 (f2)

Winning blow: king to d3 (d2·2)

Mate in 2: rook to a8 (a5)

Mate in 2: bishop to a6 (f1)

Attack on the uncastled king: bishop to d2 (e3·2)

Winning blow: queen to d6 (c6)

Winning blow: pawn to d7 (c6·9)

Winning blow: bishop to f5 (d3·9)

Winning blow: queen to g7 (e5·5)

Attack on the uncastled king: knight to f6 (d5·13)

Mate in 2: queen to b7 (a8·4)

Attack on the uncastled king: bishop to f2 (g3)

Winning blow: rook to d7 (d1·22)

Winning blow: queen to e1 (e4)

Mate in 3: rook to g1 (h1)

Castling-960 to the rescue on a1 (d1·17)

Mate in 3: pawn to c7 (c6·3)

Winning blow: bishop to h8 (f6·2)