10 deflections rated between 1000 and 1199, averaging 1120. Each position below is from a real game, with the solution given underneath — so you can check yourself immediately rather than guessing whether you were right.
Deflection forces a defending piece away from what it is guarding. The move is usually a capture or check the opponent cannot decline, and the point is the square the defender leaves behind rather than the material involved.
These are pitched at 1000-rated players. Puzzle ratings work like player ratings: a puzzle rated 1000 is one that players around 1000 solve about half the time, so if you are getting most of these you should move up a band.
Solving from a page is good for pattern recognition but not for tracking progress. The rated puzzle trainer serves puzzles matched to your own rating and adjusts as you solve, and the Mistake Trainer builds puzzles from positions you actually got wrong in your own games.
Bxc4+ Bxc4 Rxc2+
Ne7+ Nxe7 Qxc3
Qxe8+ Qf8 Bd5+ Kh8 Qxf8#
Re8+ Rxe8 Qxd6
Qf7+ Kh8 Nxg6+ Qxg6 Qxg6
Rg5+ Kb4 Kxb6
Nxe2+ Kh1 Nxf2#
Bc7+ Kd4 Bxf4
Rc6+ Kd4 Rxb6
Rg3+ Kh5 Rxh3+ Kg5 Rxh8
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Deflection forces a defending piece away from what it is guarding. The move is usually a capture or check the opponent cannot decline, and the point is the square the defender leaves behind rather than the material involved.
Puzzle ratings work like player ratings. A puzzle rated 1000 is one that players rated around 1000 solve roughly half the time. The puzzles on this page average 1120, so they suit 1000-rated players.
Yes. Every puzzle on this page, including its solution, is free to view with no account. The rated trainer that tracks your progress and serves puzzles matched to your rating is part of Chess Ramp Premium.