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Printable Bishop endgame tactics 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.
Printable worksheet
12 bishop endgame tactics puzzles, every difficulty, with answer key
Bishop endings turn on color complexes: wrong-bishop draws, fortress builds and breakthroughs on the squares the bishop can never touch.
Positions from the Lichess open puzzle database (CC0). The answer key prints on the last page.
Bishop endgame tactics — chess puzzle worksheet
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Answer key
- Puzzle 087mL: c1a3 → c5c6 → a3b4 → c6c7 (the first move is the opponent’s setup move)
- Puzzle 08VCP: g3h4 → b4e1 → b6f2 → e1f2 (the first move is the opponent’s setup move)
- Puzzle 0PIM0: e6d7 → b5d7 → e7d7 → e3f3 → d7e6 → f3g4 (the first move is the opponent’s setup move)
- Puzzle 0BrjZ: c6d5 → f4f5 → g6f5 → g4f5 → e6e5 → e3d4 → e5f5 → b3d5 (the first move is the opponent’s setup move)
- Puzzle 0Stol: b1a2 → d2c2 → a2b1 → c2b1 (the first move is the opponent’s setup move)
- Puzzle 0H6M6: d3e3 → b5b6 → a7b6 → a5a6 → b6b5 → a6a7 (the first move is the opponent’s setup move)
- Puzzle 04pX4: d6c5 → d4d3 → c5b6 → d3d2 (the first move is the opponent’s setup move)
- Puzzle 0yi8L: b4a4 → h5g6 → b7b5 → f4f5 → e6d5 → f5f6 (the first move is the opponent’s setup move)
- Puzzle 0Lljx: f6e5 → f5c8 → b2b1b → c2b1 (the first move is the opponent’s setup move)
- Puzzle 0VRmh: d2e1 → d3e2 → e1a5 → d4d3 → g5g6 → d3d2 (the first move is the opponent’s setup move)
- Puzzle 1wvh2: b4c3 → a1c3 → c4c3 → f4f5 → g6f5 → e4f5 → c3c4 → f5e6 (the first move is the opponent’s setup move)
- Puzzle 1vEt0: a6c8 → a5a4 → c8f5 → a4a3 → f5b1 → c4c3 (the first move is the opponent’s setup move)
Source: Lichess open puzzle database · database.lichess.org · CC0