Ranked tactic puzzles for Chess960
The best positions — found, selected and ranked. Each ranking is built on one tactic and ordered by its own clear measure of "best".
- Sharpest starting positions Chess960 begins from one of 960 shuffled back ranks — and they are not equally sharp. These are the starts where a single first move already stands well clear of the field, ranked by how far ahead it is. Open ranking →
- Opening ambushes Some Chess960 starts let a decisive blow land before either side has finished developing — a shot the standard opening simply cannot produce. These are the earliest of them, ordered by the move on which the tactic strikes. Open ranking →
- Weird castlings Castling in Chess960 keeps two fixed destinations but starts the king and rook anywhere between the corners — so it can look nothing like the move you know. These are the distinct castlings, from the strangest down to the ordinary one. Open ranking →
- Discovered attacks A piece slips off the line and an attack springs open behind it. The positions gathered here are the ones where the discovery wins most beautifully, ordered from the sharpest down. Open ranking →
- Most spectacular sacrifices Give up a queen or a couple of pieces and still win by force. The twenty boldest sacrifices in the collection, ranked by how much is surrendered and how long the forcing line runs after the blow. Open ranking →
- Mating combinations A checkmate paid for in material: the sacrifice first, the inevitable finish second. The best of these combinations, arranged by sheer execution. Open ranking →
- Fastest mates Mate in one or two — far less obvious than it sounds. Ranked by how quiet the finishing move is: the more hidden the blow, the higher it sits. Open ranking →
- Best forks One piece, two or three targets at once, and nothing can cover them all. The twenty most devastating forks in the collection, strongest first. Open ranking →
- Quiet killers No check, no capture — just a move, and the position caves in. The most cunning quiet wins, ordered by how hard they are to see. Open ranking →
- Knight strikes The knight strikes across the lines, not along them, and in Chess960's geometry that leap turns lethal. The best positions decided by a knight. Open ranking →
- Pawn strikes The humblest piece settles the game. A breakthrough, a promotion, one quiet push — the twenty best pawn blows in the collection. Open ranking →
- Bishop strikes A single long diagonal cuts the board clean in half. The best finishes where the last word belongs to the bishop, arranged by force. Open ranking →
- Longest combinations Calculate to the end — then a little past it. The deepest forced sequences in the collection, ranked by the length of the line. Open ranking →