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Printable Endgame tactics Puzzles

Real positions from rated games. Narrow them by motif, difficulty or rating, then solve or print each one.

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12 endgame tactics puzzles, every difficulty, with answer key

Tactics with reduced material, where a single tempo, a promotion race or one geometric trick decides the game. Every position is drawn from a real endgame.

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Positions come from real rated games. The answer key prints on the last page.

Endgame tactics — chess puzzle worksheet Name: ______________   Date: ______________
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#1 · white to move · rating 600
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#2 · white to move · rating 794
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#3 · white to move · rating 981
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#4 · white to move · rating 1174
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#5 · white to move · rating 1367
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#6 · black to move · rating 1577
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#7 · black to move · rating 1804
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#8 · white to move · rating 2018
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#9 · black to move · rating 2228
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#10 · white to move · rating 2424
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#11 · white to move · rating 2619
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#12 · black to move · rating 2799

Answer key

  1. #1 (puzzle 025AE): Re7#
  2. #2 (puzzle 0c64K): Nf7#
  3. #3 (puzzle 0JwmP): Rb8+ → Be8 → Rxe8+
  4. #4 (puzzle 0DIXH): Ra8#
  5. #5 (puzzle 00tei): Ke8 → c5 → d5+
  6. #6 (puzzle 0AZjN): Rxf7 → Rxf7 → e2
  7. #7 (puzzle 0VCtD): fxg4 → Qxg4+ → Rg7 → Rg5 → hxg5
  8. #8 (puzzle 0LtSh): Qc4+ → Kg7 → Qc8 → Qxc8 → dxc8=Q
  9. #9 (puzzle 01QvL): Rxe4+ → Kg3 → Rg4+ → Kf2 → Kxb8 → d6 → Bc6
  10. #10 (puzzle 0jrw7): Rxg3 → Rae8 → Qd3 → Re1+ → Kf2
  11. #11 (puzzle 1TGyH): Kd4 → d2 → Bxd2 → Rxd2+ → Ke5 → Re2+ → Kf6 → Rf2 → Ke6
  12. #12 (puzzle 2Pvgu): Rxe5 → fxe5 → Qxf3 → gxf3 → Kh7 → Kf2 → Kg6

Positions from real rated games (CC0 data).