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Printable Deflection Puzzles
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Printable worksheet
12 deflection puzzles, every difficulty, with answer key
Deflection drags a defender away from its duty. By capturing, checking or threatening, you force an enemy piece to abandon the square, line or piece it was guarding, then exploit what it left behind.
Positions from the Lichess open puzzle database (CC0). The answer key prints on the last page.
Deflection — chess puzzle worksheet
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Answer key
- Puzzle 0JlDf: f2e1 → d3d2 → e1f2 → d2d1q (the first move is the opponent’s setup move)
- Puzzle 0KbvN: c7c1 → a4e8 → e7f8 → e8f7 → g8h8 → f7f8 (the first move is the opponent’s setup move)
- Puzzle 06Z0W: c3b3 → d4d3 → b3a4 → d3c4 → a4a3 → c4b4 (the first move is the opponent’s setup move)
- Puzzle 04Inc: e6e7 → f4f5 → g7g6 → f5f6 → e7f6 → d6f6 (the first move is the opponent’s setup move)
- Puzzle 0PWE7: d3g3 → c5h5 → h4g4 → h5g5 → g4g5 → h2g3 (the first move is the opponent’s setup move)
- Puzzle 0GTIg: b7b5 → b2g2 → g8h7 → e7f7 (the first move is the opponent’s setup move)
- Puzzle 0Obbn: a1a3 → c6g2 → f1g2 → g4d1 (the first move is the opponent’s setup move)
- Puzzle 0egm1: f8f5 → e5h8 → d7d8 → c1c6 → b7c6 → b6b7 (the first move is the opponent’s setup move)
- Puzzle 0gyYh: f6e5 → e3h6 → g7g8 → f5g6 (the first move is the opponent’s setup move)
- Puzzle 1d12k: f8f4 → e4f6 → g8f8 → h3h7 → d8d2 → c3d2 (the first move is the opponent’s setup move)
- Puzzle 0nvJP: c8e6 → h1h7 → b6d7 → d5c5 → c7b8 → c5d6 (the first move is the opponent’s setup move)
- Puzzle 0reRt: e8e7 → c6b7 → e7f6 → h3h6 → f6g7 → h6e6 (the first move is the opponent’s setup move)
Source: Lichess open puzzle database · database.lichess.org · CC0