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Printable Opening 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 opening tactics puzzles, every difficulty, with answer key
Punishments for early mistakes: development leads converting into material, uncastled kings caught in the center and classic opening traps from real games.
Positions from the Lichess open puzzle database (CC0). The answer key prints on the last page.
Opening tactics — chess puzzle worksheet
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Answer key
- Puzzle 0ADwy: e3g4 → e6e2 (the first move is the opponent’s setup move)
- Puzzle 0ZhPx: b1d2 → b6f2 (the first move is the opponent’s setup move)
- Puzzle 08i3m: f4f5 → d5e7 → g8h8 → e7f5 (the first move is the opponent’s setup move)
- Puzzle 06XZx: h1g1 → e5f3 → c3f3 → g2f3 (the first move is the opponent’s setup move)
- Puzzle 04hML: d1c2 → e5f3 → e1d1 → f3d4 (the first move is the opponent’s setup move)
- Puzzle 09b6c: e4d5 → c7c6 → d5f5 → g6f5 (the first move is the opponent’s setup move)
- Puzzle 0QaRJ: h2h3 → f8c5 → g1h1 → g4f2 → f1f2 → c5f2 (the first move is the opponent’s setup move)
- Puzzle 0QNjF: h3g4 → f5g4 → e2d2 → g4d1 → h1h5 → d1h5 (the first move is the opponent’s setup move)
- Puzzle 0L5TH: e5f7 → f6f7 → a2a3 → b4d3 → e2d3 → c2d3 (the first move is the opponent’s setup move)
- Puzzle 0PDw0: e4c3 → f6c3 → g7c3 → b2c3 (the first move is the opponent’s setup move)
- Puzzle 0Ted4: e3d4 → e5d4 → g1f1 → h8h1 → f1e2 → e7c5 (the first move is the opponent’s setup move)
- Puzzle 1Vw9v: e1d1 → c8g4 → f1e2 → a8d8 → h7g8 → e8e7 (the first move is the opponent’s setup move)
Source: Lichess open puzzle database · database.lichess.org · CC0