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Printable Knight 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 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.
Positions from the Lichess open puzzle database (CC0). The answer key prints on the last page.
Knight endgame tactics — chess puzzle worksheet
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Answer key
- Puzzle 0PFc8: f3h2 → b5b4 → c3b4 → c5b4 (the first move is the opponent’s setup move)
- Puzzle 0Hvl5: f3e4 → f6f5 → g4f5 → g6f5 → e4f5 → c5d5 (the first move is the opponent’s setup move)
- Puzzle 05R52: c3c4 → e5c4 → d6d7 → c4b6 → c8b7 → b6d7 (the first move is the opponent’s setup move)
- Puzzle 09Tmn: c3d5 → d3f4 → e6e5 → f4d5 → e5d5 → g5f6 (the first move is the opponent’s setup move)
- Puzzle 06XlC: a4a3 → f6e5 → a3a2 → e3c2 → a2a1q → c2a1 (the first move is the opponent’s setup move)
- Puzzle 02LVy: b2d3 → b4b3 → e4d4 → b3b2 → d4c3 → b2b1q (the first move is the opponent’s setup move)
- Puzzle 0YOdZ: g6h4 → f5g5 → h4f3 → g5h6 → f7g8 → f6f7 → g8f7 → h6h7 (the first move is the opponent’s setup move)
- Puzzle 005ws: d5e6 → g6g5 → h4g5 → f6g5 → e6d5 → h5h4 → d5e4 → h4h3 → d4f3 → g4g3 (the first move is the opponent’s setup move)
- Puzzle 1jZsQ: c7b7 → b4b5 → h3f2 → c4a5 (the first move is the opponent’s setup move)
- Puzzle 14QJA: f5d4 → e5d4 → e2f3 → h6h5 → f3f4 → g4h6 (the first move is the opponent’s setup move)
- Puzzle 1AwdG: b7a6 → c3c4 → a6a5 → c4c5 → e8c7 → g6f7 (the first move is the opponent’s setup move)
- Puzzle 1sWRY: a5b6 → c4d5 → a6a5 → d8f7 → a5a4 → f7e5 → d7f6 → d5d4 (the first move is the opponent’s setup move)
Source: Lichess open puzzle database · database.lichess.org · CC0