Real positions. Quiet practice.
Printable 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 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.
Positions from the Lichess open puzzle database (CC0). The answer key prints on the last page.
Endgame tactics — chess puzzle worksheet
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Answer key
- Puzzle 025AE: h2h3 → b7e7 (the first move is the opponent’s setup move)
- Puzzle 0c64K: g8h8 → e5f7 (the first move is the opponent’s setup move)
- Puzzle 0JwmP: b3f7 → b7b8 → f7e8 → b8e8 (the first move is the opponent’s setup move)
- Puzzle 0DIXH: d2g2 → a7a8 (the first move is the opponent’s setup move)
- Puzzle 00tei: b6d7 → f8e8 → c6c5 → d4d5 (the first move is the opponent’s setup move)
- Puzzle 0AZjN: f3e4 → f2f7 → a7f7 → e3e2 (the first move is the opponent’s setup move)
- Puzzle 0VCtD: g2g4 → f5g4 → f3g4 → h7g7 → h5g5 → h6g5 (the first move is the opponent’s setup move)
- Puzzle 0LtSh: h5b5 → d4c4 → g8g7 → c4c8 → d8c8 → d7c8q (the first move is the opponent’s setup move)
- Puzzle 01QvL: e5f7 → a4e4 → f4g3 → e4g4 → g3f2 → c7b8 → d5d6 → g2c6 (the first move is the opponent’s setup move)
- Puzzle 0jrw7: h4g3 → f3g3 → a8e8 → e3d3 → e8e1 → g1f2 (the first move is the opponent’s setup move)
- Puzzle 1TGyH: b2e2 → c5d4 → d3d2 → e3d2 → e2d2 → d4e5 → d2e2 → e5f6 → e2f2 → f6e6 (the first move is the opponent’s setup move)
- Puzzle 2Pvgu: e1e5 → e7e5 → f4e5 → f5f3 → g2f3 → g8h7 → g1f2 → h7g6 (the first move is the opponent’s setup move)
Source: Lichess open puzzle database · database.lichess.org · CC0