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Bishop endgame tactics Puzzles: Developing Level

Real puzzles from rated games · median rating 1408 · solved 46,643,286 times

Difficulty 1200–1599

These are bishop endgame tactics puzzles rated 1200–1599, the Developing level on this site. They come from real rated games: 17,355 puzzles, median rating 1408, solved 46,643,286 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 developing level: the numbers

There are 17,355 bishop endgame tactics puzzles at developing level, solved 46,643,286 times in total. The median rating is 1408.

Often combined with

Endgame tactics · 17,354Advanced pawn · 5,660Defensive move · 2,390Quiet move · 1,939Promotion · 1,750Deflection · 1,178Skewer · 746Checkmate · 607

Which openings produce them?

Zukertort Opening · 1

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 developing level (11.5% of all 17,355).

1.7% need 1 solver move, 56% need 2 solver moves, 33.7% need 3 solver moves, 6.8% need 4 solver moves, 1.8% need 5 or more solver moves. Median rating: 1375 for the shortest solutions, 1440 for the longest.

49.8% open with a pawn move. The first move captures in 23.1% and gives check in 23%; 3.7% end in checkmate, 5.9% involve a sacrifice, 49.8% have White to move.

23.1%first move captures
23%first move gives check
3.7%end in checkmate
5.9%involve a sacrifice

How many moves does the solver need?

1 solver move
1.7% · median rating 1375
2 solver moves
56% · median rating 1398
3 solver moves
33.7% · median rating 1407
4 solver moves
6.8% · median rating 1446
5+ solver moves
1.8% · median rating 1440

Which piece plays the key move?

Key move by a pawn
49.8%
Key move by a bishop
28.3%
Key move by the king
21.9%

What does the solver win?

Captures nothing along the line
38.4%
Most valuable capture: bishop
35.9%
Most valuable capture: pawn
22.6%
Most valuable capture: queen
2.4%
Most valuable capture: rook
0.8%

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)
54.4%
Up to 2 pawns’ worth
28.8%
3–4 points (about a minor piece)
13.2%
5–8 points (a rook or more)
1.4%
9 or more points (a queen’s worth)
2.2%

How much is left on the board?

28 or more pieces on the board
0%
21–27 pieces
0.1%
13–20 pieces
25.4%
12 pieces or fewer
74.4%

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: f6 (4.4%), b6 (4.3%), g6 (4.3%), g5 (4.2%), c6 (4.1%).

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1.21.71.91.822.127
3.24.34.143.74.44.33.66
3.42.92.633.344.23.25
12.42.31.91.72.82.21.34
1.31.23
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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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Black to move · rating 1205 · solved 3,137 times · 3 solver moves to find.
Reveal line

Opponent's last move: Kg4

Solution: Bxg5 → Kxg5 → e3 → Kf4 → e2

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White to move · rating 1214 · solved 7,793 times · 2 solver moves to find.
Reveal line

Opponent's last move: Bf7

Solution: b6 → Bxc4 → b7

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Black to move · rating 1317 · solved 3,347 times · 2 solver moves to find.
Reveal line

Opponent's last move: Ke7

Solution: a3 → Kxf6 → a2

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White to move · rating 1349 · solved 3,174 times · 3 solver moves to find.
Reveal line

Opponent's last move: Kb8

Solution: Bxh5 → gxh5 → g6 → Bb7 → g7

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Black to move · rating 1356 · solved 4,503 times · 3 solver moves to find.
Reveal line

Opponent's last move: bxc6+

Solution: Kxe7 → c7 → Kd7 → c8=R → Kxc8

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White to move · rating 1369 · solved 3,882 times · 3 solver moves to find.
Reveal line

Opponent's last move: Bxb5

Solution: g6 → Ke6 → g7 → Kxf6 → g8=Q

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Black to move · rating 1380 · solved 3,089 times · 2 solver moves to find.
Reveal line

Opponent's last move: Bd3

Solution: Bc2 → Bxc2 → f1=Q

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White to move · rating 1397 · solved 3,553 times · 3 solver moves to find.
Reveal line

Opponent's last move: Bd7

Solution: Bxd7 → Kxd7 → Kxd5 → a4 → Kc4

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White to move · rating 1418 · solved 3,596 times · 3 solver moves to find.
Reveal line

Opponent's last move: g2

Solution: Bxh2 → Bxd5 → Kxd5 → g3 → Bg1

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White to move · rating 1441 · solved 3,700 times · 3 solver moves to find.
Reveal line

Opponent's last move: Kh7

Solution: a6 → bxa6 → c6 → Be8 → c7

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White to move · rating 1469 · solved 3,081 times · 3 solver moves to find.
Reveal line

Opponent's last move: Ke8

Solution: d7+ → Kxd7 → Kf7 → Bb3+ → Kf8

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White to move · rating 1484 · solved 5,588 times · 2 solver moves to find.
Reveal line

Opponent's last move: Be6

Solution: d7 → Bxd5 → d8=Q

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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