10 deflections rated between 1200 and 1399, averaging 1298. 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 1200-rated players. Puzzle ratings work like player ratings: a puzzle rated 1200 is one that players around 1200 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.
Be5+ Kg1 Qe1+ Qf1 Bh2+ Kxh2 Qxf1
Bh7+ Kh8 Rxf8+
g4+ Kg6 Kxe4
Qxc5+ Kb8 Qd6+ Qc7 Qxf8+
Qg3+ Kh1 Qxh3#
Qh7+ Kf7 Bg6+ Ke7 Qxg7+ Rf7 Qxf7#
Qxc5+ Qf2 Rh1+ Kxh1 Qxf2
Qg6+ Kh8 Qxh6#
Qa1+ Kd2 Qxb2+ Kd1 Qc2+ Ke1 Qxc3+
Ra5+ Kd4 Ra4 Rxa4 b1=Q
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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 1200 is one that players rated around 1200 solve roughly half the time. The puzzles on this page average 1298, so they suit 1200-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.