Real positions. Quiet practice.

Printable Pawn endgame tactics Puzzles

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

Printable worksheet

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

King-and-pawn endings where calculation is everything: opposition, breakthrough sacrifices, triangulation and races decided by one tempo.

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

Pawn endgame tactics — chess puzzle worksheet Name: ______________ Date: ______________

#1 · white to move · rating 602

#2 · black to move · rating 1160

#3 · white to move · rating 1515

#4 · white to move · rating 1798

#5 · white to move · rating 2000

#6 · white to move · rating 2162

#7 · black to move · rating 2292

#8 · black to move · rating 2421

#9 · black to move · rating 2516

#10 · white to move · rating 2613

#11 · black to move · rating 2696

#12 · black to move · rating 2799

#1 (puzzle 0xVZ4): b4 → Kd4 → b5
#2 (puzzle 08vmA): Kd3 → Kc1 → c2 → Kb2 → Kd2
#3 (puzzle 08is1): f5 → exf5 → e6
#4 (puzzle 0TYGD): Kc2 → Kf8 → Kb3 → Ke7 → Ka4 → Kd6 → Ka5 → Kc7 → Kxa6
#5 (puzzle 0QaQv): Kf8 → Kf5 → Kxf7 → Kxe5 → Kg6
#6 (puzzle 0DBRn): c5 → h4 → c6 → h3 → c7
#7 (puzzle 0U2Qi): Kg4 → Kf2 → h4 → gxh4 → Kxf4 → h5 → gxh5
#8 (puzzle 0Lc4H): h4 → b4 → c6
#9 (puzzle 01Vt6): g5 → f5 → exf5
#10 (puzzle 1AlRz): Kg5 → b5 → c5 → f4 → Kxf4
#11 (puzzle 1Fmp4): h5 → f5+ → Kf6 → c5 → a6 → gxh5 → gxh5
#12 (puzzle 1GqkO): exf4 → gxf4 → e3 → cxb5+ → Kd7 → fxe3 → g4 → f5 → g3 → b6 → g2

Positions from real rated games (CC0 data).