10 deflections rated between 2200 and 3500, averaging 2335. 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 2200+-rated players. Puzzle ratings work like player ratings: a puzzle rated 2200+ is one that players around 2200+ solve about half the time, so if you are getting most of these you should move up a band.
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Rxg7 Rxg7 Qxf6+ Ke8 Qxg7
d3+ Bxd3 d1=Q+ Kxd1 Kxd3 Kc1 c2 Kb2 Kd2
Qh3+ Qg2 Nxg3+ fxg3 Rf6+ Ke2 Qxg2+
Qd4+ Qe3 Ne2+ Kh2 Rxf1 Re8+ Rf8
Rxd6 Bxg4 Rd8+ Rf8 Bb3+ Kh7 Rxf8
Qf3 Qxg5 Qxf8+ Qd8 Qxg7
Nxc3 Nxc3 Rxd4
Nb6+ Nxb6 Qb8+ Kd7 Qxb7+ Kd6 Bb8+
Bxh3+ Kxh3 Qxf3+ Kh2 Rd5
Qe2 Qa1 a7 Qxa7 Qxe5
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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 2200+ is one that players rated around 2200+ solve roughly half the time. The puzzles on this page average 2335, so they suit 2200+-rated players.
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