10 deflections rated between 800 and 999, averaging 946. 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 800-rated players. Puzzle ratings work like player ratings: a puzzle rated 800 is one that players around 800 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.
Rh6+ Kg4 Rg6+ Kf5 Rxg3
Ne2+ Kh1 Rxf1#
Bg1+ Kh1 Nxg3#
Qxf7+ Kd8 Qxf8#
Rh8+ Kg6 Rg8+ Kf7 Rxg5
g4+ Kg6 Kxe4
g4+ Kh4 Rxh2#
g5+ Kh5 Rxh7#
Qd7+ Kb8 Qxd8+
Ne7+ Kh8 Qxf8#
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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 800 is one that players rated around 800 solve roughly half the time. The puzzles on this page average 946, so they suit 800-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.