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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 2113–2136 of 2155 matching records

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Puzzle 0l9RT

Rating 2743 advancedPawnadvantagedeflection
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Puzzle 1zlGh

Rating 2743 advantagedeflectionendgame
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Puzzle 2GozZ

Rating 2743 advantagedeflectiondiscoveredAttack
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Puzzle 0KFE3

Rating 2744 advancedPawncrushingdeflection
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Puzzle 0Sqem

Rating 2746 advancedPawncrushingdeflection
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Puzzle 0VPoX

Rating 2751 crushingdefensiveMovedeflection
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Puzzle 165Od

Rating 2752 advancedPawnadvantagedeflection
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Puzzle 0AOZj

Rating 2753 advancedPawncrushingdeflection
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Puzzle 1qom6

Rating 2755 crushingdefensiveMovedeflection
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Puzzle 1pt5E

Rating 2756 crushingdeflectionmiddlegame
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Puzzle 0Ei9E

Rating 2757 crushingdefensiveMovedeflection
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Puzzle 28JpX

Rating 2757 attractioncrushingdeflection
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Puzzle 0btvw

Rating 2758 crushingdefensiveMovedeflection
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Puzzle 0wfPg

Rating 2759 crushingdeflectionendgame
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Puzzle 1rQBp

Rating 2760 crushingdeflectionendgame
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Puzzle 1skkZ

Rating 2760 crushingdeflectionendgame
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Puzzle 0mVlN

Rating 2763 crushingdeflectionendgame
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Puzzle 1Dfcf

Rating 2766 advancedPawncrushingdeflection
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Puzzle 1HMfS

Rating 2768 crushingdeflectionendgame
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Puzzle 0289B

Rating 2770 crushingdeflectionendgame
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Puzzle 12RTh

Rating 2770 advancedPawncrushingdefensiveMove
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Puzzle 1QVwh

Rating 2772 crushingdeflectiondiscoveredAttack
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Puzzle 1NyZM

Rating 2775 advantagedeflectionendgame
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Puzzle 21vfw

Rating 2775 advantagedeflectionopening
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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