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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 1969–1992 of 2155 matching records

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Puzzle 1QhJ5

Rating 2613 advantagedeflectionendgame
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Puzzle 1b0wp

Rating 2614 crushingdefensiveMovedeflection
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Puzzle 1TzTh

Rating 2614 attractioncrushingdeflection
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Puzzle 28Lti

Rating 2615 advancedPawnadvantagedeflection
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Puzzle 0jmqi

Rating 2616 crushingdeflectionendgame
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Puzzle 1hf81

Rating 2617 crushingdeflectionendgame
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Puzzle 0gDMj

Rating 2620 crushingdeflectionendgame
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Puzzle 1F5ps

Rating 2622 crushingdefensiveMovedeflection
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Puzzle 1jUXA

Rating 2622 crushingdeflectionexposedKing
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Puzzle 2MZM2

Rating 2622 advancedPawnadvantagedeflection
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Puzzle 0f3Pp

Rating 2623 crushingdeflectionendgame
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Puzzle 0bhT5

Rating 2624 crushingdeflectionmiddlegame
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Puzzle 1nDrO

Rating 2624 crushingdeflectiondiscoveredAttack
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Puzzle 0qZgL

Rating 2625 crushingdeflectionmiddlegame
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Puzzle 1Hlxt

Rating 2625 advantagedeflectiondiscoveredAttack
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Puzzle 22YV2

Rating 2628 advantagedeflectionendgame
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Puzzle 1irFv

Rating 2629 crushingdeflectionendgame
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Puzzle 0xzLQ

Rating 2630 crushingdefensiveMovedeflection
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Puzzle 0ulVn

Rating 2631 crushingdefensiveMovedeflection
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Puzzle 11Q6W

Rating 2631 advancedPawncrushingdeflection
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Puzzle 1sdZD

Rating 2631 advantagedeflectionmiddlegame
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Puzzle 0RG3l

Rating 2632 crushingdeflectionmiddlegame
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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