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Queen endgame tactics Puzzles: Advanced Level

Real puzzles from rated games · median rating 2277 · solved 14,165,122 times

Difficulty 2000+

These are queen endgame tactics puzzles rated 2000+, the Advanced level on this site. They come from real rated games: 14,172 puzzles, median rating 2277, solved 14,165,122 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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queen endgame tactics puzzles at advanced level: the numbers

There are 14,172 queen endgame tactics puzzles at advanced level, solved 14,165,122 times in total. The median rating is 2277.

Often combined with

Endgame tactics · 14,172Defensive move · 5,067Advanced pawn · 2,284Quiet move · 2,214Promotion · 726Checkmate · 538Exposed king · 516Deflection · 457

Counts computed from the full puzzle set.

How the solutions work · counted by a rules engine

What a typical queen endgame tactics solution looks like

Sample: 2,000 queen endgame tactics puzzles at advanced level (14.1% of all 14,172).

29.5% need 2 solver moves, 39.8% need 3 solver moves, 16.4% need 4 solver moves, 14% need 5 or more solver moves. Median rating: 2213 for the shortest solutions, 2395 for the longest.

70% open with a queen move. The first move captures in 31.6% and gives check in 49.8%; 4.4% end in checkmate, 12.6% involve a sacrifice, 49.5% have White to move.

31.6%first move captures
49.8%first move gives check
4.4%end in checkmate
12.6%involve a sacrifice

How many moves does the solver need?

2 solver moves
29.5% · median rating 2213
3 solver moves
39.8% · median rating 2295
4 solver moves
16.4% · median rating 2340
5+ solver moves
14% · median rating 2395

Which piece plays the key move?

Key move by a queen
70%
Key move by a pawn
17.5%
Key move by the king
12.5%

What does the solver win?

Most valuable capture: queen
55.4%
Captures nothing along the line
32.4%
Most valuable capture: pawn
12.2%

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)
69.2%
Up to 2 pawns’ worth
20.8%
3–4 points (about a minor piece)
0.3%
5–8 points (a rook or more)
2.8%
9 or more points (a queen’s worth)
6.9%

How much is left on the board?

28 or more pieces on the board
0%
21–27 pieces
0%
13–20 pieces
31.6%
12 pieces or fewer
68.4%

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: e6 (4.4%), e5 (4.1%), f6 (4%), d5 (3.5%), g4 (3.4%).

11.51.71.41.71.811.48
11.42.83.12.71.51.17
1.32.32.64.441.71.56
1.423.54.13.32.32.75
12.533.33.23.41.94
1.51.72.51.53
1.12
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abcdefgh

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

Study positions

The most-solved queen 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 2004 · solved 582 times · 3 solver moves to find.
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Opponent's last move: Kd2

Solution: Qd4+ → Kc2 → Qe4+ → Qxe4+ → Kxe4

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Black to move · rating 2015 · solved 644 times · 2 solver moves to find.
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Opponent's last move: Kf2

Solution: Qf7+ → Qxf7+ → Kxf7

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White to move · rating 2055 · solved 455 times · 3 solver moves to find.
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Opponent's last move: Qe4

Solution: Qxe4 → dxe4 → a4 → Kf7 → a5

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White to move · rating 2058 · solved 915 times · 4 solver moves to find.
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Opponent's last move: Kxb4

Solution: Qb3+ → Kc5 → Qc3+ → Kd5 → Qc6+ → Kd4 → Qxh1

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White to move · rating 2063 · solved 482 times · Mate in 3.
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Opponent's last move: g5

Solution: Qe5+ → Kg6 → Qf5+ → Kh6 → fxg5#

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Black to move · rating 2075 · solved 628 times · 4 solver moves to find.
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Opponent's last move: Qg6

Solution: Qxg6+ → Kxg6 → a4 → h5 → a3 → h6 → a2

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Black to move · rating 2086 · solved 456 times · 4 solver moves to find.
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Opponent's last move: Qf3

Solution: Qxf3 → gxf3 → a5 → bxa5 → b4 → f4 → b3

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White to move · rating 2097 · solved 518 times · Mate in 2.
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Opponent's last move: Kh3

Solution: Qh1+ → Kg4 → Qf3#

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Black to move · rating 2101 · solved 532 times · 2 solver moves to find.
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Opponent's last move: Ke5

Solution: Qg5+ → Qxg5 → hxg5

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Black to move · rating 2106 · solved 511 times · 3 solver moves to find.
Reveal line

Opponent's last move: Kf4

Solution: g5+ → hxg5 → hxg5+ → Ke5 → Qxf3

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White to move · rating 2272 · solved 645 times · 2 solver moves to find.
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Opponent's last move: Qe3

Solution: Qxe3 → fxe3 → Kg1

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Black to move · rating 2276 · solved 516 times · Mate in 2.
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Opponent's last move: Qxd5

Solution: Qe1+ → g3 → Qe7#

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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