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Deflection Chess Puzzles

Search 49,500 locally indexed real-game positions, narrow them by motif, difficulty or rating, then play each stored tactical line directly on the board without an upstream connection.

2155 real-game puzzles in this collection

What is a deflection?

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.

How to spot it

Identify which enemy piece holds the position together — the guard of a mating square, a back rank or a loose piece. Any forcing move that attacks that overworked guard is a deflection candidate.

What this set trains

Deflection sets build the habit of asking “what is this piece defending?” before every exchange — a question that exposes hidden wins constantly.

Foundation: 335Developing: 498Challenging: 464Advanced: 858

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24 shown from 49500 locally materialized records.

Showing 1609–1632 of 2155 matching records

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Puzzle 08jS1

Rating 2290 crushingdeflectionendgame
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Puzzle 0AGfC

Rating 2290 crushingdeflectionmiddlegame
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Puzzle 0h5LH

Rating 2291 advantagedeflectionexposedKing
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Puzzle 0U2Qi

Rating 2292 crushingdeflectionendgame
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Puzzle 0DmeC

Rating 2293 crushingdeflectionendgame
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Puzzle 0Lbq0

Rating 2293 advantagedeflectionexposedKing
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Puzzle 0z7FA

Rating 2294 advancedPawncrushingdeflection
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Puzzle 05Bqb

Rating 2297 advantagedeflectionkingsideAttack
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Puzzle 08UVh

Rating 2297 crushingdeflectionendgame
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Puzzle 0iVIF

Rating 2297 advantageattractiondeflection
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Puzzle 0KJO1

Rating 2297 advantagedeflectionendgame
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Puzzle 0QtgG

Rating 2297 advancedPawnadvantagedeflection
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Puzzle 0sPdr

Rating 2299 advantagedeflectionkingsideAttack
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Puzzle 0SxGj

Rating 2299 crushingdeflectionmiddlegame
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Puzzle 0XwsD

Rating 2299 advantagedeflectionkingsideAttack
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Puzzle 0lTMw

Rating 2300 advantagedeflectionexposedKing
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Puzzle 0VkMZ

Rating 2300 advantagedeflectiondiscoveredAttack
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Puzzle 056mQ

Rating 2302 advantagedefensiveMovedeflection
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Puzzle 0nlrM

Rating 2302 advantagedeflectionmiddlegame
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Puzzle 0M3v7

Rating 2303 advancedPawncrushingdeflection
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Puzzle 0HfVQ

Rating 2304 crushingdeflectionendgame
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More puzzle themes: Advanced pawn · Attacks on f2 / f7 · Attraction · Back-rank mate · Bishop endgame tactics · Capture the defender · Clearance · Defensive move · Discovered attack · Discovered check · All themes