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".
- 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 →