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Printable Knight endgame tactics Puzzles

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

Printable worksheet

12 knight endgame tactics puzzles, every difficulty, with answer key

Knight endings reward fork geometry and precise king play. Because knights cannot lose a tempo, zugzwang and races behave differently than in any other ending.

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

Knight endgame tactics — chess puzzle worksheet Name: ______________   Date: ______________
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#1 · black to move · rating 609
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#2 · black to move · rating 992
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#3 · black to move · rating 1353
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#4 · white to move · rating 1618
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#5 · white to move · rating 1897
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#6 · black to move · rating 2067
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#7 · white to move · rating 2246
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#8 · black to move · rating 2392
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#9 · white to move · rating 2486
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#10 · black to move · rating 2623
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#11 · white to move · rating 2716
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#12 · white to move · rating 2798

Answer key

  1. #1 (puzzle 0PFc8): b4+ → cxb4+ → cxb4#
  2. #2 (puzzle 0Hvl5): f5+ → gxf5 → gxf5+ → Kxf5 → Kxd5
  3. #3 (puzzle 05R52): Nxc4 → d7 → Nb6+ → Kb7 → Nxd7
  4. #4 (puzzle 09Tmn): Nf4+ → Ke5 → Nxd5 → Kxd5 → Kf6
  5. #5 (puzzle 06XlC): Kxe5 → a2 → Nc2 → a1=Q+ → Nxa1
  6. #6 (puzzle 02LVy): b3 → Kd4 → b2 → Kxc3 → b1=Q
  7. #7 (puzzle 0YOdZ): Kg5 → Nf3+ → Kh6 → Kg8 → f7+ → Kxf7 → Kh7
  8. #8 (puzzle 005ws): g5 → hxg5 → fxg5 → Kd5 → h4 → Ke4 → h3 → Nf3 → Kg3
  9. #9 (puzzle 1jZsQ): Kb5 → Nf2 → Na5+
  10. #10 (puzzle 14QJA): Kxd4 → Kf3 → h5 → Kf4 → Nh6
  11. #11 (puzzle 1AwdG): c4 → Kxa5 → c5 → Nc7 → Kf7
  12. #12 (puzzle 1sWRY): Kd5 → a5 → Nf7 → a4 → Nxe5 → Nf6+ → Kd4

Positions from real rated games (CC0 data).