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Bishop endgame tactics Puzzles: Advanced Level

Real puzzles from rated games · median rating 2307 · solved 27,984,369 times

Difficulty 2000+

These are bishop endgame tactics puzzles rated 2000+, the Advanced level on this site. They come from real rated games: 30,633 puzzles, median rating 2307, solved 27,984,369 times. The twelve below are among the most-solved of them; try each on the board, then read the numbers further down to see how solutions at this level are built.

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bishop endgame tactics puzzles at advanced level: the numbers

There are 30,633 bishop endgame tactics puzzles at advanced level, solved 27,984,369 times in total. The median rating is 2307.

Often combined with

Endgame tactics · 30,633Defensive move · 10,001Quiet move · 8,845Advanced pawn · 7,106Promotion · 1,963Sacrifice · 1,593Zugzwang · 1,183Exposed king · 1,154

Counts computed from the full puzzle set.

How the solutions work · counted by a rules engine

What a typical bishop endgame tactics solution looks like

Sample: 2,000 bishop endgame tactics puzzles at advanced level (6.5% of all 30,633).

28.2% need 2 solver moves, 39.2% need 3 solver moves, 18.4% need 4 solver moves, 14.2% need 5 or more solver moves. Median rating: 2210 for the shortest solutions, 2451 for the longest.

45.6% open with a pawn move. The first move captures in 26% and gives check in 11.2%; 0.2% end in checkmate, 5.9% involve a sacrifice, 51.7% have White to move.

26%first move captures
11.2%first move gives check
0.2%end in checkmate
5.9%involve a sacrifice

How many moves does the solver need?

2 solver moves
28.2% · median rating 2210
3 solver moves
39.2% · median rating 2297
4 solver moves
18.4% · median rating 2352
5+ solver moves
14.2% · median rating 2451

Which piece plays the key move?

Key move by a pawn
45.6%
Key move by the king
27.4%
Key move by a bishop
27.1%

What does the solver win?

Captures nothing along the line
39.6%
Most valuable capture: pawn
35%
Most valuable capture: bishop
24%
Most valuable capture: queen
1%
Most valuable capture: rook
0.5%

Material balance along the whole line, counting every capture by both sides (pawn 1, minor piece 3, rook 5, queen 9):

No material gained (mating or positional)
64%
Up to 2 pawns’ worth
28.4%
3–4 points (about a minor piece)
6%
5–8 points (a rook or more)
0.8%
9 or more points (a queen’s worth)
0.7%

How much is left on the board?

28 or more pieces on the board
0%
21–27 pieces
0%
13–20 pieces
25.9%
12 pieces or fewer
74.1%

How it is counted: every puzzle in the sample is replayed move by move with a chess rules engine. A sacrifice means a piece that is captured on the very next ply and was worth more than what it captured itself (pawn 1, minor piece 3, rook 5, queen 9). Sample of 2,000 puzzles. Percentages are shares of the sample.

Where it happens

Where the key move lands

Where the solver’s first move ends, drawn from their own side (rank 1 is their back rank). Busiest squares: g5 (5.2%), b6 (5%), f5 (4.7%), e6 (4.6%), b5 (4.4%).

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1.11.41.21.61.71.17
2.8533.54.64.142.96
2.64.44.33.844.75.22.55
1.72.82.12.62.62.42.51.54
1.513
1.22
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abcdefgh

Counted from the same 2,000-puzzle sample. Squares under 1% are left blank.

Study positions

The most-solved bishop endgame tactics puzzles, from each difficulty level. Play each one on the board, then open the answer for the full line.

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White to move · rating 2002 · solved 644 times · 2 solver moves to find.
Reveal line

Opponent's last move: d3

Solution: Kd4 → Ke1 → Bxd3

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White to move · rating 2013 · solved 574 times · 3 solver moves to find.
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Opponent's last move: Bh7

Solution: f4 → Kd3 → f5 → Kd4 → f6

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White to move · rating 2050 · solved 556 times · 3 solver moves to find.
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Opponent's last move: Bb8

Solution: a6 → e2 → Kd2 → e1=Q+ → Kxe1

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Black to move · rating 2064 · solved 745 times · 4 solver moves to find.
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Opponent's last move: bxc3

Solution: d3 → Bg7 → d2 → Kc2 → a3 → Kxd2 → a2

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Black to move · rating 2068 · solved 522 times · 2 solver moves to find.
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Opponent's last move: h6

Solution: g2 → h7 → Kg7

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Black to move · rating 2122 · solved 543 times · 4 solver moves to find.
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Opponent's last move: Kb3

Solution: Bxg3 → hxg3 → h4 → gxh4 → g3 → fxg3 → f2

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White to move · rating 2140 · solved 499 times · 4 solver moves to find.
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Opponent's last move: b5

Solution: Bxe8 → Kxe8 → Kc6 → Kd8 → Kxb5 → Kd7 → Kc5

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White to move · rating 2169 · solved 618 times · 2 solver moves to find.
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Opponent's last move: Kxf5

Solution: Bc8+ → Kf4 → Bxh3

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Black to move · rating 2192 · solved 530 times · 3 solver moves to find.
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Opponent's last move: Kg5

Solution: Bf4+ → Kxf4 → e3 → Ke4 → e2

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White to move · rating 2211 · solved 460 times · 3 solver moves to find.
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Opponent's last move: Ke6

Solution: Bb3+ → Kf6 → Bxf7 → Kxf7 → Kf5

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White to move · rating 2247 · solved 474 times · 3 solver moves to find.
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Opponent's last move: Bxc4

Solution: h6 → f4+ → Kd2 → Bxd5 → h7

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White to move · rating 2295 · solved 697 times · 4 solver moves to find.
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Opponent's last move: Kf7

Solution: b6 → axb6 → cxb6 → Ke6 → Ba6 → bxa6 → b7

Positions and move sequences come from real rated games (CC0 data). Engine evaluations, where shown, are stored evaluations of the position (CC0).

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